’Ïol¶ic (?), a. [L. Aeolicus; Gr. ?.] ’olian, 1; as, the ’olic dialect; the ’olic mode.
’Ïol¶iÏpile, ’Ïol¶iÏpyle } (?), n. [L. aeolipilae; Aeolus god of the winds + pila a ball, or Gr. ? gate (i. e., doorway of ’olus); cf. F. ‚olipyle.] An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.]
µ Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of Alexandria about 200 years b. c. It has often been called the first steam engine.
’·oÏloÏtrop¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? changeful + ? a turning, ? to turn.] (Physics) Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic.
Sir W. Thomson.
’·oÏlot¶roÏpy (?), n. (Physics) Difference of quality or property in different directions.
Ø ’¶oÏlus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Gr. & Rom. Myth.) The god of the winds.
’¶on (?), n. A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
’Ïo¶niÏan (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Eternal; everlasting. ½’onian hills.¸
Tennyson.
Ø ’·pyÏor¶nis (?), n. [Gr. ? high + ? bird.] A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.
A¶‰rÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. A?rated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. A?rating (?).] [Cf. F. a‚rer. See Air,v. t.] 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a‰rated natural fountains.
Carlyle.
2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a‰rate soil; to a‰rate water.
3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
A‰rated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.
A·‰rÏa¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. a‚ration.] 1. Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, a‰ration of soil, of spawn, etc.
2. (Physiol.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.
3. The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
A¶‰rÏa·tor (?), n. That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
Aω¶riÏal (?), a. [L. a‰rius. See Air.] 1. Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, a‰rial regions or currents. ½A‰rial spirits.¸ Milton. ½A‰rial voyages.¸ Darwin.
2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, a‰rial spires.
4. Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, a‰rial rootlets, a‰rial plants.
Gray.
5. Light as air; ethereal.
÷ acid, carbonic acid. [Obs.] Ure. Ð ÷ perspective. See Perspective.
Aω·riÏal¶iÏty (?), n. The state of being a‰rial; ?nsubstantiality. [R.]
De Quincey.
Aω¶riÏalÏly (?), adv. Like, or from, the air; in an a‰rial manner. ½A murmur heard a‰rially.¸
Tennyson.
Ae¶rie (?; 277), n. [OE. aire, eire, air, nest, also origin, descent, OF. aire, LL. area, aera, nest of a bird of prey, perh. fr. L. area an open space (for birds of prey like to build their nests on flat and open spaces on the top of high rocks). Cf. Area.] The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.
A·‰rÏif¶erÏous (?), a. [L. a‰r air + Ïferous: cf. F. a‚rifŠre.] Conveying or containing air; airÐbearing; as, the windpipe is an a‰riferous tube.
A·‰rÏiÏfiÏca¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. a‚rification. See A?rify.] 1. The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
2. The act of becoming a‰rified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an a‰riform state; the state of being a‰riform.
A¶‰rÏiÏform (?; 277), a. [L. a‰r air + Ïform: cf. F. a‚riforme.] Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
A¶‰rÏiÏfy (?), v. t. [L. a‰r air + Ïfly.] 1. To infuse air into; to combine air with.
2. To change into an a‰riform state.
A¶‰rÏoÏ. [Gr. ?, ?, air.] The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.
A¶‰rÏoÏbies (?), n. pl. [A‰roÏ + Gr. ? life.] (Biol.) Micro?rganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.
A·‰rÏoÏbiÏot¶ic (?; 101), a. (Biol.) Related to, or of the nature of, a‰robies; as, a‰robiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.
A¶‰rÏcyst (?), n. [A‰roÏ + cyst.] (Bot.) One of the air cells of algals.
A¶‰rÏoÏdyÏnam¶ic (?), a. Pertaining to the force of air in motion.
A·‰rÏoÏdyÏnam¶ics (?), n. [A‰roÏ + dynamics: cf. F. a‚rodynamique.] The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.
A·‰rÏog¶noÏsy (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Gr. ? knowing, knowledge: cf. F. a‚rognosie.] The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature.
Craig.
A·‰rÏog¶raÏpher (?), n. One versed in a‰ography: an a‰rologist.
A·‰rÏoÏgraph¶ic (?), A·‰rÏoÏgraph¶icÏal (?), } a. Pertaining to a‰rography; a‰rological.
A·‰rÏog¶raÏphy (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Ïgraphy: cf. F. a‚rographie.] A description of the air or atmosphere; a‰rology.
A·‰rÏoÏhy·droÏdyÏnam¶ic (?), a. [A‰roÏ + hydrodynamic.] Acting by the force of air and water; as, an a‰rohydrodynamic wheel.
A¶‰rÏoÏlite (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Ïlite: cf. F. a‚rolithe.] (Meteor.) A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.
µ Some writers limit the word to stony meteorites.
A¶‰rÏoÏlith (?), n. Same as A?rolite.
A·‰rÏoÏliÏthol¶oÏgy (?), n. [A‰roÏ + lithology.] The science of a‰rolites.
A·‰rÏoÏlit¶ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a‰rolites; meteoric; as, a‰rolitic iron.
Booth.
A·‰rÏoÏlog¶ic (?), A·‰rÏoÏlog¶icÏal (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a‰rology.
A·‰rÏol¶oÏgist (?), n. One versed in a‰rology.
A·‰rÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Ïlogy: cf. F. a‚rologie.] That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.
A¶‰rÏoÏman·cy (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Ïmancy: cf. F. a‚romancie.] Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.
A·‰rÏom¶eÏter (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Ïmeter: cf. F. a‚romŠtre.] An instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air and gases.
A·‰rÏoÏmet¶ric (?), a. Of or pertaining to a‰rometry; as, a‰rometric investigations.
A·‰rÏom¶eÏtry (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Ïmetry: cf. F. a‚rom‚trie.] The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.
A¶‰rÏoÏnaut (?; 277), n. [F. a‚ronaute, fr. Gr. ? air + ? sailor. See Nautical.] An a‰rial navigator; a balloonist.
A·‰rÏoÏnaut¶ic (?), A·‰rÏoÏnaut¶icÏal (?), } a. [Cf. F. a‚ronauitique.] Pertaining to a‰ronautics, or a‰rial sailing.
A·‰rÏoÏnaut¶ics (?), n. The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; a‰rial navigation; ballooning.
Ø A·‰rÏoÏpho¶biÏa (?), A·‰rÏoph¶oÏby (?), } n. [A‰roÏ + Gr. ? fear: cf. F. a‚rophobie.] (Med.) Dread of a current of air.
A¶‰rÏoÏphyte (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Gr. ? plant, ? to grow: cf. F. a‚rophyte.] (Bot.) A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.
A¶‰rÏoÏplane· (?), n. [A‰roÏ + plane.] A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.
A¶‰rÏoÏscope (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Gr. ? to look out.] (Biol.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.
A·‰rÏos¶coÏpy (?), n. [A‰roÏ + Gr. ? a looking out; ? to spy out.] The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.
’Ïrose¶ (?), a. [L. aerosus, fr. aes, aeris, brass, copper.] Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy. [R.]
A·‰rÏoÏsid¶erÏite (?), n. [A‰roÏ + siderite.] (Meteor.) A mass of meteoric iron.
A¶‰rÏoÏsphere (?), n. [A‰roÏ + sphere: cf. F. a‚rosphŠre.] The atmosphere. [R.]
A¶‰rÏoÏstat (?), n. [F. a‚rostat, fr. Gr. ? air + ? placed. See Statics.] 1. A balloon.
2. A balloonist; an a‰ronaut.
A·‰rÏoÏstat¶ic (?), A·‰rÏoÏstat¶icÏal (?), } a. [A‰roÏ + Gr. ?: cf. F. a‚rostatique. See Statical, Statics.] 1. Of or pertaining to a‰rostatics; pneumatic.
2. A‰ronautic; as, an a‰rostatic voyage.
A·‰rÏoÏstat¶ics (?), n. The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes a‰ronautics.
A·‰rÏosÏta¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. a‚rostation the art of using a‰rostats.] 1. A‰rial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
2. The science of weighing air; a‰rostatics. [Obs.]
’Ïru¶giÏnous (?), a. [L. aeruginosus, fr. aerugo rust of copper, fr. aes copper: cf. F. ‚rugineux.] Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.
Ø ’Ïru¶go (?), n. [L. aes brass, copper.] The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.
Ae¶ry (?), n. An aerie.
A¶‰rÏy (?), a. [See Air.] A‰rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. [Poetic]
M. Arnold.
’s·cuÏla¶piÏan (?), a. Pertaining to ’sculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.
’s·cuÏla¶piÏus (?), n. [L. Aesculapius, Gr. ?.] (Myth.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.
’s¶cuÏlin (?), n. Same as Esculin.
’Ïso¶piÏan, EÏso¶piÏan (?), a. [L. Aesopius, from Gr. ?, fr. the famous Greek fabulist ’sop (?).] Of or pertaining to ’sop, or in his manner.
’Ïsop¶ic, EÏsop¶ic (?), a. [L. Aesopicus, Gr. ?.] Same as ’sopian.
Ø ’sÏthe¶siÏa (?), n. [Gr. ? sensation, fr. ? to perceive.] (Physiol.) Perception by the senses; feeling; Ð the opposite of an‘sthesia.
’aÏthe·siÏom¶eÏter, EsÏthe·siÏom¶eÏter (?), n. [Gr. ? (see ’sthesia) + Ïmeter.] An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.
Ø ’sÏthe¶¶sis (?), n. [Gr. ?.] Sensuous perception. [R.]
Ruskin.
’s·theÏsod¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? sensation + ? a way; cf. F. esth‚sodique.] (Physiol.) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; Ð said of nerves.
’s¶thete (?), n. [Gr. ? one who perceives.] One who makes much or overmuch of ‘sthetics. [Recent]
’sÏthet¶ic (?), ’sÏthet¶icÏal (?), } a. Of or Pertaining to ‘sthetics; versed in ‘sthetics; as, ‘sthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc. Ð ’sÏthet¶icÏalÏly, adv.
’s·theÏti¶can (?), n. One versed in ‘sthetics.
’sÏthet¶iÏcism (?), n. The doctrine of ‘sthetics; ‘sthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art.
Lowell.
’sÏthet¶ics, EsÏthet¶ics (?; 277), n. [Gr. ? perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. ? to perceive, feel: cf. G. „sthetik, F. esth‚tique.] The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.
’s·thoÐphys·iÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [Gr. ? to perceive + E. physiology.] The science of sensation in relation to nervous action.
H. Spenser.
’s¶tiÏval (?), a. [L. aestivalis, aestivus, fr. aestas summer.] Of or belonging to the summer; as, ‘stival diseases. [Spelt also estival.]
’s¶tiÏvate (?), v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.] 1. To spend the summer.
2. (Zo”l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
[Spelt also estivate.]
’s·tiÏva¶tion (?), n. 1. (Zo”l.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; Ð opposed to hibernation.
2. (Bot.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
Gray.
[Spelt also estivation.]
’s¶tuÏaÏry (?; 135), n. & a. See Estuary.
’s¶tuÏous (?), a. [L. aestuosus, fr. aestus fire, glow.] Glowing; agitated, as with heat.
Aω·theÏog¶aÏmous (?), a. [Gr. ? unusual (? priv. + ? custom) + ? marriage.] (Bot.) Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.
’¶ther (?), n. See Ether.
’¶thiÏops min¶erÏal (?). (Chem.) Same as Ethiops mineral. [Obs.]
’th¶oÏgen (?), n. [Gr. ? fire, light + Ïgen.] (Chem.) A compound of nitrogen and boro?, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
’¶thriÏoÏscope (?), n. [Gr. ? clear + ? to observe.] An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.
’·tiÏoÏlog¶icÏal (?), a. Pertaining to ‘tiology; assigning a cause. Ð ’·tiÏoÏlog¶icÏalÏly, adv.
’·tiÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [L. aetologia, Gr. ?; ? cause + ? description: cf. F. ‚tiologie.] 1. The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.
2. The assignment of a cause.
Ø A·‰Ïti¶tes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?) stone, fr. ? eagle.] See Eaglestone.
AÏfar¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ.(for on or of) + far.] At, to, or from a great distance; far away; Ð often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar.
Beattie.
AÏfeard¶ (?), p. a. [OE. afered, AS. ¾f?red, p. p. of ¾f?ran to frighten; ¾Ï (cf. Goth. usÏ, Ger. erÏ, orig. meaning out) + f?ran to frighten. See Fear.] Afraid. [Obs. Sometimes heard from the uneducated.]
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises.
Shak.
Ø A¶fer (?), n. [L.] The southwest wind.
Milton.
Af·faÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. [L. affabilitas: cf. F. affabilit‚.] The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.
Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love.
Elyot
Af¶faÏble (?), a. [F. affable, L. affabilis, fr. affari to speak to; ad + fari to speak. See Fable.] 1. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
An affable and courteous gentleman.
Shak.
His manners polite and affable.
Macaulay.
2. Gracious; mild; benign.
A serene and affable countenance.
Tatler.
Syn. Ð Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending.
Af¶faÏbleÏness, n. Affability.
Af¶faÏbly, adv. In an affable manner; courteously.
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Af¶faÏbrous (?), a. [L. affaber workmanlike; ad + faber.] Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made. [R.]
Bailey.
AfÏfair¶ (?), n. [OE. afere, affere, OF. afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do. See Fact, and cf. Ado.] 1. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; Ð often in the plural. ½At the head of affairs.¸ Junius. ½A talent for affairs.¸ Prescott.
2. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.
3. (Mil.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
4. Action; endeavor. [Obs.]
And with his best affair
Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun.
Chapman.
5. A material object (vaguely designated).
A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded.
Hawthorne.
AfÏfam¶ish (?), v. t. & i. [F. affamer, fr. L. ad + fames hunger. See Famish.] To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.]
Spenser.
AfÏfam¶ishÏment (?), n. Starvation.
Bp. Hall.
AfÏfat¶uÏate (?), v. t. [L. ad + fatuus foolish.] To infatuate. [Obs.]
Milton.
AfÏfear¶ (?), v. t. [OE. aferen, AS. ¾f?ran. See Afeard.] To frighten. [Obs.]
Spenser.
AfÏfect¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affected; p. pr. & vb. n. Affecting.] [L. affectus, p. p. of afficere to affect by active agency; ad + facere to make: cf. F. affectere, L. affectare, freq. of afficere. See Fact.] 1. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
As might affect the earth with cold heat.
Milton.
The climate affected their health and spirits.
Macaulay.
2. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
A consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles.
3. To love; to regard with affection. [Obs.]
As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved, her.
Fuller.
4. To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
For he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for ?t, indeed.
Shak.
Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.
Hazlitt.
5. To dispose or incline.
Men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty.
Milton.
6. To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.]
This proud man affects imperial ?way.
Dryden.
7. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
The drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
Newton.
8. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
Careless she is with artful care,
Affecting to seem unaffected.
Congreve.
Thou dost affect my manners.
Shak.
9. To assign; to appoint. [R.]
One of the domestics was affected to his special service.
Thackeray.
Syn. Ð To influence; operate; act on; concern; move; melt; soften; subdue; overcome; pretend; assume.
AfÏfect¶, n. [L. affectus.] Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [Obs.]
Shak.
Af·fecÏta¶tion (?), n. [L. affectatio: cf. F. affectation.] 1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. ½An affectation of contempt.¸
Macaulay.
Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural.
Locke.
2. A striving after. [Obs.]
Bp. Pearson.
3. Fondness; affection. [Obs.]
Hooker.
Af·fecÏta¶tionÏist, n. One who exhibits affectation. [R.]
Fitzed. Hall.
AfÏfect¶ed (?), p. p. & a. 1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.]
His affected Hercules.
Chapman.
2. Inclined; disposed; attached.
How stand you affected his wish?
Shak.
3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real.
He is... too spruce, too affected, too odd.
Shak.
4. Assumed artificially; not natural.
Affected coldness and indifference.
Addison.
5. (Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.
AfÏfect¶edÏly, adv. 1. In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
2. Lovingly; with tender care. [Obs.]
Shak.
AfÏfect¶edÏness, n. Affectation.
AfÏfect¶er (?), n. One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after. ½Affecters of wit.¸
Abp. Secker.
AfÏfect·iÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. The quality or state of being affectible. [R.]
AfÏfect¶iÏbl? (?), a. That may be affected. [R.]
Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible.
Coleridge.
AfÏfect¶ing, a. 1. Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.
The most affecting music is generally the most simple.
Mitford.
2. Affected; given to false show. [Obs.]
A drawling; affecting rouge.
Shak.
AfÏfect¶ingÏly (?), adv. In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.
AfÏfec¶tion (?), n. [F. affection, L. affectio, fr. afficere. See Affect.] 1. The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
2. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies. ½The affections of quantity.¸
Boyle.
And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less,
An old and strange affection of the house.
Tennyson.
3. Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object or quality.
Cogan.
4. A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; Ð often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
All his affections are set on his own country.
Macaulay.
5. Prejudice; bias. [Obs.]
Bp. Aylmer.
6. (Med.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
Dunglison.
7. The lively representation of any emotion.
Wotton.
8. Affectation. [Obs.] ½Spruce affection.¸
Shak.
9. Passion; violent emotion. [Obs.]
Most wretched man,
That to affections does the bridle lend.
Spenser.
Syn. Ð Attachment; passion; tenderness; fondness; kindness; love; good will. See Attachment; Disease.
AdÏfec¶tionÏal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.
AfÏfec¶tionÏate (?), a. [Cf. F. affectionn‚.] 1. Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
2. Kindly inclined; zealous. [Obs.]
Johson.
Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate.
Sprat.
3. Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
4. Strongly inclined; Ð with to. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Syn. Ð Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.
AfÏfec¶tionÏa·ted, a. Disposed; inclined. [Obs.]
Affectionated to the people.
Holinshed.
AfÏfec¶tionÏateÏly, adv. With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.
AfÏfec¶tionÏateÏness, n. The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
AfÏfec¶tioned (?), a. 1. Disposed. [Archaic]
Be kindly affectioned one to another.
Rom. xii. 10.
2. Affected; conceited. [Obs.]
Shak.
AfÏfec¶tive (?), a. [Cf. F. affectif.] 1. Tending to affect; affecting. [Obs.]
Burnet.
2. Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional.
Rogers.
AfÏfec¶tiveÏly, adv. In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.
AfÏfec¶tuÏous (?; 135), a. [L. affectuous: cf. F. affectueux. See Affect.] Full of passion or emotion; earnest. [Obs.] Ð AfÏfec¶tuÏousÏly, adv. [Obs.]
Fabyan.
AfÏfeer¶ (?), v. t. [OF. aforer, afeurer, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L. ad + forum market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning pri??.] 1. To confirm; to assure. [Obs.] ½The title is affeered.¸
Shak.
2. (Old Law) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
Amercements... were affeered by the judges.
Blackstone.
AfÏfeer¶er (?), AfÏfeer¶or (?), } n. [OF. aforeur, LL. afforator.] (Old Law) One who affeers.
Cowell.
AfÏfeer¶ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. aforement.] (Old Law) The act of affeering.
Blackstone.
Af¶ferÏent (?), a. [L. afferens, p. pr. of afferre; ad + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; Ð opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
Ø AfÏfet·tuÏo¶so (?), adv. [It.] (Mus.) With feeling.
AfÏfi¶ance (?), n. [OE. afiaunce trust, confidence, OF. afiance, fr. afier to trust, fr. LL. affidare to trust; ad + fidare to trust, fr. L. fides faith. See Faith, and cf. Affidavit, Affy, Confidence.] 1. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.
Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love.
Sir J. Stephen.
Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have
Most joy and most affiance.
Tennyson.
AfÏfi¶ance, v. t. [imp. ? p. p. Affianced (?); p. pr. ? vb. n. Affiancing (?).] [Cf. OF. afiancier, fr. afiance.] 1. To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
To me, sad maid, he was affianced.
Spenser.
2. To assure by promise. [Obs.]
Pope.
AfÏfi¶anÏcer (?), n. One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
AfÏfi¶ant (?), n. [From p. pr. of OF. afier, LL. affidare. See Affidavit.] (Law) One who makes an affidavit. [U. S.]
Burrill.
Syn. Ð Deponent. See Deponent.
Af·fiÏda¶vit (?), n. [LL. affidavit he has made oath, perfect tense of affidare. See Affiance, Affy.] (Law) A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.
Bouvier. Burrill.
µ It is always made ex parte, and without crossÐexamination, and in this differs from a deposition. It is also applied to written statements made on affirmation.
Syn. Ð Deposition. See Deposition.
AfÏfile¶ (?), v. t. [OF. afiler, F. affiler, to sharpen; a (L. ad) + fil thread, edge.] To polish. [Obs.]
AfÏfil¶iÏaÏble (?), a. Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
AfÏfil¶iÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affiliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Affiliating (?).] [LL. adfiliare, affiliare, to adopt as son; ad + filius son: cf. F. affilier.] 1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
I. Taylor.
2. To fix the paternity of; Ð said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
H. Spencer.
4. To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; Ð followed by to or with.
Affiliated societies, societies connected with a central society, or with each other.
AfÏfil¶iÏate, v. i. To connect or associate one's self; Ð followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
AfÏfil·iÏa¶tion (?), n. [F. affiliation, LL. affiliatio.] 1. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
2. (Law) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.
3. Connection in the way of descent.
H. Spencer.
AfÏfi¶nal (?), a. [L. affinis.] Related by marriage; from the same source.
AfÏfine¶ (?), v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin fine. See Fine.] To refine. [Obs.]
Holland.
AfÏfined¶ (?), a. [OF. afin‚ 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.] ½All affined and kin.¸
Shak.
AfÏfin¶iÏtaÏtive (?), a. Of the nature of affinity. Ð AfÏfin¶iÏtaÏtiveÏly, adv.
AfÏfin¶iÏtive, a. Closely connected, as by affinity.
AfÏfin¶iÏty (?), n.; pl. Affinities (?). [OF. afinit‚, F. affinit‚, 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); Ð in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; Ð 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.
2. Companionship; acquaintance. [Obs.]
About forty years past, I began a happy affinity with William Cranmer.
Burton.
4. (Chem.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective ~ or attraction.
5. (Nat. Hist.) A relation between species or highe? groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.
6. (Spiritualism) A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.
AfÏfirm¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affirmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Affirming.] [OE. affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L. affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See Firm.] 1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.
2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; Ð opposed to deny.
Jesus,... whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Acts xxv. 19.
3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.
Syn. Ð To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce; protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify. Ð To Affirm, Asseverate, Aver, Protest. We affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We protest in a more public manner and with the energy of perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they protest when they wish to free themselves from imputations, or to produce a conviction of their innocence.
AfÏfirm¶, v. i. 1. To declare or assert positively.
Not that I so affirm, though so it seem
To thee, who hast thy dwelling here on earth.
Milton.
2. (Law) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
AfÏfirm¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; Ð followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
AfÏfirm¶ance (?), n. [Cf. OF. afermance.] 1. Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.
This statute... in affirmance of the common law.
Bacon.
2. A strong declaration; affirmation.
Cowper.
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