(obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
affatuate
affatuate
verb
(obsolete) To infatuate.
affect
affect
noun
(obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
(obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
(transitive) To influence or alter.
(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
(transitive) To move to emotion.
(transitive, Scotland, law) To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
(transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
(transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
(transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
(transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
(transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
(transitive, rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
affectability
affectability
noun
The condition of being affectable.
affectable
affectable
adj
Able to be affected.
affectate
affectation
affectation
noun
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
An unusual mannerism.
affectationist
affectationist
noun
One who exhibits affectation.
affectations
affectations
noun
plural of affectation
affected
affected
adj
(algebra, archaic) adfected.
Emotionally moved; touched.
Influenced or changed by something.
Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
Simulated in order to impress.
artificial, stilted
noun
Someone affected, as by a disease.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affect
affectedly
affectedly
adv
(obsolete) Lovingly; with tender care.
(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
affectedness
affectedness
noun
The state or quality of being affected.
affecter
affecter
noun
A person who affects to know something or to be something.
affecters
affecters
noun
plural of affecter
affectibility
affectibility
noun
The quality or state of being affectible.
affectible
affectible
adj
Alternative form of affectable
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
affection
affection
noun
(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
affectional
affectional
adj
Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
(of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
verb
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
affectionately
affectionately
adv
In an affectionate manner.
affectionateness
affectionateness
noun
The state or quality of being affectionate.
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
affectless
affectless
adj
Lacking or not showing emotion.
affectlessness
affectlessness
noun
Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.
affector
affector
noun
A nerve cell that directly activates a muscle
affects
affects
noun
plural of affect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affect
affectual
affectual
adj
Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
affectum
affectuous
affectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
affectus
affeeble
affeeble
verb
(obsolete) To enfeeble.
affeer
affeer
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To confirm; to assure.
(transitive, obsolete, law) To assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of.
affeerer
affeerer
noun
(law, obsolete) One who affeers.
affeerment
affeerment
noun
(obsolete, law) The act of affeering or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances of the case.
affeeror
affeir
affenpinscher
affenpinscher
Noun
A breed of toy dog bred in Western Europe.
affenspalte
affer
affere
afferent
afferent
adj
Carrying towards.
noun
An afferent structure or connection
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affettuoso
affettuoso
adv
(music) With feeling; in a loving, tender way.
affettuosos
affiance
affiance
noun
(archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
Faith, trust.
verb
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
affianced
affianced
adj
(literary) engaged; betrothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiance
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
affiances
affiances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance
affiancing
affiancing
verb
present participle of affiance
affiant
affiant
noun
(law) The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
affiants
affiants
noun
plural of affiant
affich
affiche
affiche
noun
A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.
verb
To fix, fasten; to fix a poster or placard to a wall.
To parade, to advertise, publicise; to display, show.
affiches
affiches
noun
plural of affiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
afficionado
afficionado
noun
Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”)
afficionados
afficionados
noun
plural of afficionado
affidare
affidation
affidavit
affidavit
noun
(law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
affidavits
affidavits
noun
plural of affidavit
affidavy
affidavy
noun
(colloquial, dialect) An affidavit.
affied
affied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affy
affies
affies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affy
affile
affile
verb
(obsolete) To polish.
affiliable
affiliable
adj
Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
affiliate
affiliate
noun
Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
verb
(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.
(transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
(transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
(transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
(transitive, said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of
affiliated
affiliated
adj
Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiliate
affiliates
affiliates
noun
plural of affiliate
affiliating
affiliating
verb
present participle of affiliate
affiliation
affiliation
noun
(law) The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity
A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.
The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
affiliations
affiliations
noun
plural of affiliation
affinage
affinage
noun
The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
affinal
affinal
adj
(anthropology) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
affination
affination
noun
Part of the traditional sugar refining process in which molasses is removed from sugar crystals by washing with a heavy syrup
affine
affine
adj
(comparable, chemistry) Of two materials, having mutual affinity.
(geometry) Of or pertaining to a function expressible as f(⃑x)=A⃑x+⃑b (where A is a linear transformation and ⃑b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
(mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
noun
(anthropology, genealogy) A relative by marriage.
verb
To refine.
affined
affined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affine
affinely
affinely
adv
In an affine manner
affines
affines
noun
plural of affine
affing
affinitative
affinitative
adj
Of the nature of affinity.
affinitatively
affinitatively
adv
(perhaps dated) In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
affinite
affinities
affinities
noun
plural of affinity
affinition
affinition
noun
(rare) The state or quality of being affined; mental affinity or attraction.
affinitive
affinitive
adj
Closely connected, as by affinity.
affinity
affinity
noun
(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses
(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
A love interest; a paramour.
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
Any passionate love for something.
Any romantic relationship.
The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
affirm
affirm
verb
(law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
To support or encourage.
affirmable
affirmable
adj
Able to be affirmed.
affirmably
affirmably
adv
In an affirmable manner
affirmance
affirmance
noun
(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
affirmances
affirmances
noun
plural of affirmance
affirmant
affirmant
noun
(law) One who affirms of taking an oath.
One who affirms or asserts.
affirmation
affirmation
noun
(law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
affirmations
affirmations
noun
plural of affirmation
affirmative
affirmative
adj
(algebra) positive; not negative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
positive
intj
(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
affirmatives
affirmatives
noun
plural of affirmative
affirmatory
affirmatory
adj
Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
affirmed
affirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affirm
affirmer
affirmer
noun
One who affirms.
affirmers
affirmers
noun
plural of affirmer
affirming
affirming
noun
The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
verb
present participle of affirm
affirmingly
affirmingly
adv
in an affirming manner
affirmly
affirms
affirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affirm
affix
affix
noun
(decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.
(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.
(linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.
(mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b).
That which is affixed; an appendage.
verb
(transitive) To attach.
(transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
(transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
affixable
affixable
adj
Capable of being affixed.
affixal
affixal
adj
As or like an affix.
affixation
affixation
noun
(linguistics) The adding of an affix to a word.
affixations
affixations
noun
plural of affixation
affixed
affixed
adj
(linguistics) With an affix.
Enduringly stuck to, or attached to, something.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affix
affixer
affixer
noun
A person or thing that affixes.
affixers
affixers
noun
plural of affixer
affixes
affixes
noun
plural of affix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affix
affixial
affixial
adj
Being or relating to an affix.
affixing
affixing
adj
Of the function or role of an affix
noun
affixation
verb
present participle of affix
affixion
affixion
noun
The act of affixing; affixation, affixment, attachment.
affixment
affixment
noun
Property of being affixed; attachment; connection.
affixt
affixt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of affix
affixture
affixture
noun
The act of affixing
The condition of being affixed
afflate
afflate
verb
(obsolete) To fill, especially with divine inspiration.
afflated
afflated
adj
Inspired, especially divinely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afflate
afflation
afflation
noun
A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.
afflatus
afflatus
noun
A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
afflatuses
afflatuses
noun
plural of afflatus
afflict
afflict
verb
(obsolete) To make low or humble.
(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
afflicted
afflicted
adj
Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afflict
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afflicter
afflicter
noun
One who afflicts.
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
afflictionless
afflictionless
adj
Free from affliction.
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
afflicts
afflicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict
affloof
afflue
affluence
affluence
noun
(obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
A moderate level of wealth.
An abundance of wealth.
An influx.
affluences
affluences
noun
plural of affluence
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
affluency
affluency
noun
(obsolete) affluence
affluent
affluent
adj
(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
(dated) Tributary.
(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Abundant; copious; plenteous.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
noun
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.