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.
To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
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.