(a.) Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of
common law.
(a.) That affirms; asserting that the fact is so;
declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed
to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
(a.) Positive; dogmatic.
(a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a
proposition.
(a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to
be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
(n.) That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an
affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or
maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there
were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.
(n.) A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as,
yes, that is so, etc.
