Affirmed
[ə'fɝm]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Affirm
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Examples
- Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was a _lusus naturae_, she affirmed, as a village schoolmistress: she was sure my previous history, if known, would make a delightful romance. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- No, I sent for him: but you know, you affirmed that I might do this with safety, since you were sure he would not obey my summons. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I don't blush--I never _do_ blush, affirmed she, while another eddy from the heart sent up its scarlet. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- An appeal was taken in the above suit to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and on October 4, 1892, the decree of the lower court was affirmed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It would do, I affirmed with some disdain, perfectly well. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- God's vengeance, he said, was preparing for me, and affirmed that in a vision of the night he had beheld the manner and the instrument of my doom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One report affirmed that Moore _dared_ not come to Yorkshire; he knew his life was not worth an hour's purchase if he did. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Certainly he will, affirmed Hortense. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Louis affirmed distinctly that her shoes were to be depended upon. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- What people said, of course I know well: the whole house--pupils, teachers, servants included--affirmed that she was going to marry him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They formed in order, he affirmed, and marched, regiment after regiment, across the park. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You cannot,' she affirmed triumphantly--'you cannot make me tremble with your coming, nor accelerate my pulse by your influence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The old symptoms are there, he affirmed: a particular pale, and what the Scotch call a 'raised' look. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I shall have an answer to that question, affirmed Mr. Sympson, assuming vast courage and consequence on the strength of this symptom of confusion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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