n. [ L. affabilitas: cf. F. affabilité. ] The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love. Elyot [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His manners polite and affable. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gracious; mild; benign. [ 1913 Webster ]

A serene and affable countenance. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Affability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an affable manner; courteously. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. affaber workmanlike; ad + faber. ] Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

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; -- often in the plural. “At the head of affairs.” Junius. “A talent for affairs.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Action; endeavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And with his best affair
Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A material object (vaguely designated). [ 1913 Webster ]

A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ F. affamer, fr. L. ad + fames hunger. See Famish. ] To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Starvation. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ad + fatuus foolish. ] To infatuate. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. aferen, AS. āf&unr_;ran. See Afeard. ] To frighten. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

As might affect the earth with cold heat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The climate affected their health and spirits. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch. [ 1913 Webster ]

A consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To love; to regard with affection. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved, her. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually. [ 1913 Webster ]

For he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for it, indeed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To dispose or incline. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This proud man affects imperial &unr_;way. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To tend to by affinity or disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

The drops of every fluid affect a round figure. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Careless she is with artful care,
Affecting to seem unaffected. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou dost affect my manners. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To assign; to appoint. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One of the domestics was affected to his special service. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To influence; operate; act on; concern; move; melt; soften; subdue; overcome; pretend; assume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. affectus. ] 1. Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Psychotherapy) The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state. In hysteria, the affect is sometimes entirely dissociated, sometimes transferred to another than the original idea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. affectatio: cf. F. affectation. ] 1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. “An affectation of contempt.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A striving after. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fondness; affection. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exhibits affectation. [ R. ] Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. 1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His affected Hercules. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclined; disposed; attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

How stand you affected to his wish? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Assumed artificially; not natural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Affected coldness and indifference. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lovingly; with tender care. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Affectation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after. “Affecters of wit.” Abp. Secker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being affectible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be affected. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most affecting music is generally the most simple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected; given to false show. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A drawling; affecting rouge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. affection, L. affectio, fr. afficere. See Affect. ] 1. The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philosophy) An attribute, especially a contingent or alterable quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies. “The affections of quantity.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less,
An old and strange affection of the house. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object or quality. Cogan. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Prejudice; bias. [ Obs. ] Bp. Aylmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Med.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Affectation. [ Obs. ] “Spruce affection.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Passion; violent emotion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Most wretched man,
That to affections does the bridle lend. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Attachment; passion; tenderness; fondness; kindness; love; liking; good will. See Attachment; Disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. affectionné. ] 1. Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Kindly inclined; zealous. [ Obs. ] Johson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Strongly inclined; -- with to. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed; inclined. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Affectionated to the people. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Disposed. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Be kindly affectioned one to another. Rom. xii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected; conceited. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. affectif. ] 1. Tending to affect; affecting. [ Obs. ] Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. affectuous: cf. F. affectueux. See Affect. ] Full of passion or emotion; earnest. [ Obs. ] -- Af*fec"tu*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Fabyan. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ OF. aforer, afeurer, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L. ad + forum market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning price. ] 1. To confirm; to assure. [ Obs. ] “The title is affeered.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Old Law) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. aforement. ] (Old Law) The act of affeering. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. aforeur, LL. afforator. ] (Old Law) One who affeers. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. afferens, p. pr. of afferre; ad + ferre to bear. ] (Physiol.) Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) With feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have
Most joy and most affiance. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To me, sad maid, he was affianced. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assure by promise. [ Obs. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From p. pr. of OF. afier, LL. affidare. See Affidavit. ] (Law) One who makes an affidavit. [ U. S. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Deponent. See Deponent. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. afficher to affix. ] A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is always made ex parte, and without cross-examination, and in this differs from a deposition. It is also applied to written statements made on affirmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Deposition. See Deposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. afiler, F. affiler, to sharpen; a (L. ad) + fil thread, edge. ] To polish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion? I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to. [ 1913 Webster ]

How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes? H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Affiliated societies, societies connected with a central society, or with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 being joined in close association affiliated clubs
Syn. -- attached, connected [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. affiliation, LL. affiliatio. ] 1. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Connection in the way of descent. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. affinis. ] Related by marriage; from the same source. [ 1913 Webster ]