AFFIRM
SPEAK:say something and SPEAK:say that WHAT one SPEAKS:says IS CERTAINLY TRUE.
Hypernym
- SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
See also
- SENTENCESPEAK>SPEECH COMMUNICATING a COMPLETE THOUGHT.???
- INSISTACT:do something ALTHOUGH it is DIFFICULT to do this, OR ALTHOUGH ANOTHER is TRYING to HINDER one in doing it.
Hyponym
- SUGGEST AFFIRM AS PROBABLY OR POSSIBLY TRUE.
- De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione
(
COMENIUS 1665)
p.
457 AFFIRMARE
- Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung
(
FRANKE 1989)
p.
57A
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