"reaffirm" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹiːəˈfɜː(ɹ)m/ Audio: en-us-reaffirm.ogg [US] Forms: reaffirms [present, singular, third-person], reaffirming [participle, present], reaffirmed [participle, past], reaffirmed [past]
Etymology: re- + affirm Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|affirm}} re- + affirm Head templates: {{en-verb}} reaffirm (third-person singular simple present reaffirms, present participle reaffirming, simple past and past participle reaffirmed)
  1. To affirm again. Translations (affirm again): потвърждавам (potvǎrždavam) (Bulgarian), reafirmar (Catalan), riaffermare (Italian), reafirmar (Portuguese), reafirmar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reaffirm-en-verb-E9K12fGc Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'affirm again': 99 1
  2. To bolster or support.
    Sense id: en-reaffirm-en-verb-N9-A3pnT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 46 54

Inflected forms

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