Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: affirmed
IPA transcription: [əf'ɝmd]
Pronunciations of affirmed
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Affirmed
    Meaning: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978
Usage examples
  • He affirmed that the Poles had cheated at cards.
  • Candide did not quite agree to that, but he affirmed nothing.
  • In a second note, made public on June 11, the position of the United States was again affirmed.
  • 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.
  • Whether Constance pulled the wrong rein, or whether, as she affirmed, it was merely his natural badness, in any case, he suddenly veered from the path and took a cross cut down the rocky slope below them.
  • Nay, it was afterwards affirmed by a witness who shall at present be nameless, that in the seclusion of the Bower he poked out his wooden leg, in the stage-ballet manner, and executed a taunting or triumphant pirouette on the genuine leg remaining to him.
  • In all our knowledge of general principles, what actually happens is that first of all we realize some particular application of the principle, and then we realize that the particularity is irrelevant, and that there is a generality which may equally truly be affirmed.
  • Thus, what Christian has ever deigned to examine critically the marvels affirmed in the Koran, such as Mohammed's visit to heaven; although the Koran can be traced far more surely to the Prophet of Islam than can the Gospels to their reputed authors, and this Prophet bears a far higher character for truthfulness than do the early Christians?
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