Affected Af·fect"ed (ăf*fĕkt"ĕd) past participle & adjective 1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [ Obsolete]

His affected Hercules.
Chapman.

2. Inclined; disposed; attached.

How stand you affected to his wish?
Shak.

3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess 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.

Affectedly Af·fect"ed·ly adverb 1. In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

2. Lovingly; with tender care. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Affectedness Af·fect"ed·ness noun Affectation.

Affecter Af·fect"er noun One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after. " Affecters of wit." Abp. Secker.

Affectibility Af·fect`i·bil"i·ty noun The quality or state of being affectible. [ R.]

Affectible Af·fect"i·ble adjective That may be affected. [ R.]

Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible .
Coleridge.

Affecting Af·fect"ing adjective 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. [ Obsolete]

A drawling; affecting rouge.
Shak.

Affectingly Af·fect"ing·ly adverb In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.

Affection Af·fec"tion noun [ French affection , Latin affectio , from 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. "The 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; -- often in the plural 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. [ Obsolete] Bp. Aylmer.

6. (Medicine) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection . Dunglison.

7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton.

8. Affectation. [ Obsolete] "Spruce affection ." Shak.

9. Passion; violent emotion. [ Obsolete]

Most wretched man,
That to affections does the bridle lend.
Spenser.

Syn. -- Attachment; passion; tenderness; fondness; kindness; love; good will. See Attachment ; Disease .

Affectional Af·fec"tion·al adjective Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

Affectionate Af·fec"tion·ate adjective [ Confer French affectionné .] 1. Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

2. Kindly inclined; zealous. [ Obsolete] 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; -- with to . [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Syn. -- Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.

Affectionated Af·fec"tion·a`ted adjective Disposed; inclined. [ Obsolete]

Affectionated to the people.
Holinshed.

Affectionately Af·fec"tion·ate·ly adverb With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.

Affectionateness Af·fec"tion·ate·ness noun The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

Affectioned Af·fec"tioned adjective 1. Disposed. [ Archaic]

Be kindly affectioned one to another.
Rom. xii. 10.

2. Affected; conceited. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Affective Af·fec"tive adjective [ Confer French affectif .] 1. Tending to affect; affecting. [ Obsolete] Burnet.

2. Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional. Rogers.

Affectively Af·fec"tive·ly adverb In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.

Affectuous Af·fec"tu·ous adjective [ Latin affectuous : confer French affectueux . See Affect .] Full of passion or emotion; earnest. [ Obsolete] -- Af*fec"tu*ous*ly , adverb [ Obsolete] Fabyan.

Affeer Af·feer" transitive verb [ Old French aforer , afeurer , to tax, appraise, assess, from Latin ad + forum market, court of justice, in Late Latin also meaning price .] 1. To confirm; to assure. [ Obsolete] "The 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.

Affeerer, Affeeror Af·feer"er, Af·feer"or noun [ Old French aforeur , Late Latin afforator .] (Old Law) One who affeers. Cowell.

Affeerment Af·feer"ment noun [ Confer Old French aforement .] (Old Law) The act of affeering. Blackstone.

Afferent Af"fer·ent adjective [ Latin afferens , present participle 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.

Affettuoso Af·fet`tu·o"so adverb [ Italian ] (Mus.) With feeling.

Affiance Af·fi"ance noun [ Middle English afiaunce trust, confidence, Old French afiance , from afier to trust, from Late Latin affidare to trust; ad + fidare to trust, from Latin fides faith. See Faith , and confer 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.

Affiance Af·fi"ance transitive verb [ imperfect ... past participle Affianced ; present participle ... verbal noun Affiancing ] [ Confer Old French afiancier , from 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. [ Obsolete] Pope.

Affiancer Af·fi"an·cer noun One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

Affiant Af·fi"ant noun [ From present participle of Old French afier , Late Latin affidare . See Affidavit .] (Law) One who makes an affidavit. [ U. S.] Burrill.

Syn. -- Deponent. See Deponent .

Affiche Af`fiche" noun [ French, from afficher to affix.] A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

Affidavit Af`fi·da"vit noun [ Late Latin 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.

» 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.

Syn. -- Deposition. See Deposition .

Affile Af·file" transitive verb [ Old French afiler , French affiler , to sharpen; a (L. ad ) + fil thread, edge.] To polish. [ Obsolete]

Affiliable Af·fil"i·a·ble adjective Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

Affiliate Af·fil"i·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Affiliated ; present participle & verbal noun Affiliating ] [ Late Latin adfiliare , affiliare , to adopt as son; ad + filius son: confer French 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; -- 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.; -- followed by to or with .

Affiliated societies , societies connected with a central society, or with each other.

Affiliate Af·fil"i·ate intransitive verb To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with ; as, they affiliate with no party.

Affiliation Af·fil`i·a"tion noun [ French affiliation , Late Latin 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.

Affinal Af·fi"nal adjective [ Latin affinis .] Related by marriage; from the same source.

Affine Af·fine" transitive verb [ French affiner to refine; ... (L. ad ) + fin fine. See Fine .] To refine. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Affined Af·fined" adjective [ Old French afiné related, past participle , from Late Latin affinare to join, from Latin affinis neighboring, related to; ad + finis boundary, limit.] Joined in affinity or by any tie. [ Obsolete] "All affined and kin." Shak.

Affinitative Af·fin"i·ta·tive adjective Of the nature of affinity. -- Af*fin"i*ta*tive*ly , adverb

Affinitive Af·fin"i·tive adjective Closely connected, as by affinity.

Affinity Af·fin"i·ty noun ; plural Affinities [ Old French afinité , French affinité , Latin affinites , from 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.

2. Companionship; acquaintance. [ Obsolete]

About forty years past, I began a happy affinity with William Cranmer.
Burton.

4. (Chemistry) 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 affinity 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.

Affirm Af·firm" (ăf*fẽrm") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Affirmed (-fẽrmd"); present participle & verbal noun Affirming .] [ Middle English affermen , Old French afermer , French affirmer , affermir , from Latin 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 appellate court for review.

2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- 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. -- To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce; protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify. -- 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.

Affirm Af·firm" intransitive verb 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.

Affirmable Af·firm"a·ble adjective Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of ; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

Affirmance Af·firm"ance noun [ Confer Old French afermance .] 1. Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.

This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law.
Bacon.

2. A strong declaration; affirmation. Cowper.

Affirmant Af·firm"ant (ăf*fẽrm" a nt) noun [ Latin affirmans , -antis , present participle See Affirm .] 1. One who affirms or asserts.

2. (Law) One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.

Affirmation Af`fir·ma"tion noun [ Latin affirmatio : confer French affirmation .] 1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker.

2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial .

3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation , by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.

4. (Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier.

Affirmative Af·firm"a·tive adjective [ Latin affirmativus : confer French affirmatif .] 1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

2. That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative ; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.

3. Positive; dogmatic. [ Obsolete] J. Taylor.

Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito.
Berkeley.

4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.

5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative , or such as are to be subtracted.

Affirmative Af·firm"a·tive noun 1. That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative ; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative , and ten in the negative .

Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative .
Dryden.

2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes , that is so , etc.

Affirmatively Af·firm"a·tive·ly adverb In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively .

Affirmatory Af·firm"a·to·ry adjective Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. Massey.

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