Af*fi"nal (&?;), a. [L. affinis.] Related by marriage; from the same source.
Af*fine" (&?;), v. t. [F. affiner to refine; &?; (L. ad) + fin fine. See Fine.] To refine. [Obs.] Holland.
Af*fined" (&?;), a. [OF. afiné related, p. p., fr. LL. affinare to join, fr. L. affinis neighboring, related to; ad + finis boundary, limit.] Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] "All affined and kin." Shak.
Af*fin"i*ta*tive (&?;), a. Of the nature of affinity. -- Af*fin"i*ta*tive*ly, adv.
Af*fin"i*tive, a. Closely connected, as by affinity.
Af*fin"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Affinities(&?;). [OF. afinité, F. affinité, L. affinites, fr. affinis. See Affined.]
1. Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.
Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh.
1 Kings iii. 1.
2. Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity.
Sir G. C. Lewis.