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Webster 1913 Edition
Firm
Firm
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Firmer
; sup
erl.
Firmest
.] 1.
Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; – applied to the matter of bodies;
as,
firm
flesh; firm
muscles, firm
wood.2.
Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong;
as, a
firm
believer; a firm
friend; a firm
adherent.Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow
But
But
firm
battalion. Milton.
By one man’s
firm
obediency fully tried. Milton.
3.
Solid; – opposed to fluid;
as,
. firm
land
Syn. – Compact; dense; hard; solid; stanch; robust; strong; sturdly; fixed; steady; resolute; constant.
Firm
,Noun.
[It. ]
firma
the (firm, sure, or confirming) signature or subscription, or Pg. firma
signature, firm, cf. Sp. firma
signature; all fr. L. firmus
, adj., firm. See Firm
, Adj.
The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house;
as, the
firm
of Hope & Co.1.
To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.
[Obs.]
And Jove has
firmed
it with an awful nod. Dryden.
2.
To fix or direct with firmness.
[Obs.]
He on his card and compass
firms
his eye. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Firm
FIRM
,Adj.
1.
Properly, fixed; hence, applied to the matter of bodies, it signifies closely compressed; compact; hard; solid; as firm flesh; firm muscles; some species of wood are more firm than others; a cloth of firm texture.2.
Fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily moved; as a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent or supporter; a firm man, or a man of firm resolution.3.
Solid; not giving way; opposed to fluid; as firm land.FIRM
,Noun.
FIRM
,Verb.
T.
And Jove has firm'd it with an awful nod.
This word is rarely used, except in poetry. In prose, we use confirm.