Serving to affirm or confirm; expressing affirmation or agreement.
From affirm plus the suffix -atory (Latin -atorius), meaning 'relating to the action of.' The term describes things that function to affirm.
A nod is affirmatory—it does the job of affirming without words. The suffix -atory marks verbs that become adjectives describing their characteristic action.
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