Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To affirm or assert again.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To affirm again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To affirm again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
affirm again. - verb To
bolster orsupport .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb affirm once again
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Examples
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Associated Press Blankfein said Goldman would "reaffirm" all that defines it.
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A White House statement said Biden would celebrate the holiday with the troops but also "reaffirm" the "long-term" U.S. commitment to Iraq and discuss recent developments.
Biden leaves Iraq after meeting with key government officials 2010
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The visit was also a bid to "reaffirm" the U.S. commitment to Iraq, the White House said.
Biden urges Iraqis to make progress in forming government 2010
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It was also a bid to "reaffirm" the U.S. commitment to Iraq.
Biden leaves Iraq after meeting with key government officials 2010
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Serbia's nationalist Prime Minister, Vojislav Kostunica, called on the U.S. to revoke its decision to recognize "the fake state of Kosovo" and allow the U.N. Security Council to "reaffirm" Kosovo as part of Serbian territory.
Kosovo: Independence or an international chess game of interests? 2008
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Aspin said the intent of the mission was to "reaffirm" that "ethnic cleansing is unacceptable."
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As Col. Henley was recessing for the day, co-defendant Mr. Binalshibh interrupted to "reaffirm" his allegiance to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
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Did the board kind of reaffirm your [CEO] status for the next several years?
Mayo Mixes It Up 2007
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How, Lind asks rhetorically, can George Will and I misunderstand or misrepresent such straightforward terms as "reaffirm," "restore," and "preserve"?
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How, Lind asks rhetorically, can George Will and I misunderstand or misrepresent such straightforward terms as "reaffirm," "restore," and "preserve"?
bilby commented on the word reaffirm
WeirdNet is so adept with prefixes.
August 24, 2009