Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of
common law.

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.

Positive; dogmatic.

Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a
proposition.

Positive; – a term applied to quantities which are to
be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.

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.

A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as,
yes, that is so, etc.