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affirmative

1. af.fir.ma.tive \*-'f*r-m*t-iv\ aj 1: asserting a predicate of a subject  
   2: asserting that the fact is so  3: POSITIVE {~ approach}  - 
   af.fir.ma.tive.ly av
2. affirmative n 1: an expression (as the word yes) of affirmation or 
   assent  2: an affirmative proposition  3: the side that upholds the 
   proposition stated in a debate