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  1. adjective Resistant to externally applied pressure.
  2. adjective Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue: firm muscles.
  3. adjective Securely fixed in place: Despite being hit by the car, the post was still firm.
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  • Why put yourself through the stress of wondering whether or not your firm will be able to make the cut? —  FinanceVisor - Today's News Stories
  • Bruce Clay, Inc. booth at SES New York 2008, where his firm is a Premier Sponsor. —  Search Engine Watch Blog
  • Using nonembryonic human stem cells, the firm is about to launch a phase one trial on six children. —  FinanceVisor - Today's News Stories
  • "I have been surprised at how secretive the firm has been about financial information and whether they are hiring people," complained one Stroock intern. —  Law.com - Newswire
  • At the same time, the firm is a systems integrator and value added reseller of major global hardware brands in the Chinese domestic market. —  MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
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firm:   firmer ·  firms ·  firmed ·  firming
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  1. Middle English ferm, from Old French, from Latin firmus; see dher- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Italian firma, from firmare, to ratify by signature, from Medieval Latin firmāre, from Latin, to confirm, from firmus, firm; see dher- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. The spelling with i is modern, in imitation of the L.; from Middle English ferine, from Old French ferm, ferme, French ferme = Provencal ferm = Spanish Portuguese firme = Italian fermo, from Latin firmus, steadfast, stable, strong, fast, firm.
  2. from Middle English fermen, confirm, from Old French fermer = Provencal fermar = Old Spanish Portuguese firmar = Italian fermare, from Latin firmare, make firm, strengthen, confirm, from firmus, firm: see firm, adjective
  3. From the adjective; in defs. 2, 3, a special use, = Italian Spanish firma, from Middle Latin firma, signature, subscription, in confirmation of a writing: see firm, adjective Cf. farm.
 

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