Both Uses of
affirm
in
Moby Dick
- For in his Natural History, the Baron himself affirms that at sight of the Sperm Whale, all fish (sharks included) are "struck with the most lively terrors," and "often in the precipitancy of their flight dash themselves against the rocks with such violence as to cause instantaneous death."†
Chpt 40-42
- Their Historians affirm, that a Prophet who prophesy'd of Mahomet, came from this Temple, and some do not stand to assert, that the Prophet Jonas was cast forth by the Whale at the Base of the Temple."†
Chpt 103-105 *
Definition:
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(affirm as in: I affirm the statement) to firmly state that something is true