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.