affirm vs swan

affirm

verb
  • To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review. 

  • To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. 

  • To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm. 

  • To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. 

  • To support or encourage. 

swan

verb
  • To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions). 

  • To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way. 

noun
  • One whose grace etc. suggests a swan. 

  • This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire). 

  • Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage. 

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