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reaffirm

verb
/ɹiːəˈfɜː(ɹ)m/

Etymology

From re- + affirm.

  1. derived from affirmare
  2. derived from afermer
  3. inherited from affermen
  4. formed as reaffirm — “re- + affirm”

Definitions

  1. To affirm again.

  2. To bolster or support.

    • The recent tragedy served only to reaffirm his faith.
    • They standardize the terminology that professionals should use with patients and reaffirms the role that an endocrinologist should play in the patient’s broader individualized care.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reaffirm. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at reaffirm. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at reaffirm

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA