afeard
-afraid.

afer
-the southwest wind.

affability
-the quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.

affable
-easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
-gracious; mild; benign.

affableness
-affability.

affably
-in an affable manner; courteously.

affabrous
-executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.

affair
-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.
-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.
-an action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
-action; endeavor.
-a material object (vaguely designated).

affamish
-to afflict with, or perish from, hunger.

affamishment
-starvation.

affatuate
-to infatuate.

affear
-to frighten.

affect
-to act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
-to influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
-to love; to regard with affection.
-to show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
-to dispose or incline.
-to aim at; to aspire; to covet.
-to tend to by affinity or disposition.
-to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
-to assign; to appoint.
-affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.

affectation
-an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
-a striving after.
-fondness; affection.

affectationist
-one who exhibits affectation.

affected
-of affect
-regarded with affection; beloved.
-inclined; disposed; attached.
-given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.
-assumed artificially; not natural.
-made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.

affectedly
-in an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
-lovingly; with tender care.

affectedness
-affectation.

affecter
-one who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after.

affectibility
-the quality or state of being affectible.

affectible
-that may be affected.

affecting
-of affect
-moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.
-affected; given to false show.

affectingly
-in an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.

affection
-the act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
-an attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
-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.
-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.
-prejudice; bias.
-disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
-the lively representation of any emotion.
-affectation.
-passion; violent emotion.

affectional
-of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

affectionate
-having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
-kindly inclined; zealous.
-proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
-strongly inclined;
-- with to.

affectionated
-disposed; inclined.

affectionately
-with affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.

affectionateness
-the quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

affectioned
-disposed.
-affected; conceited.

affective
-tending to affect; affecting.
-pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional.

affectively
-in an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.

affectuous
-full of passion or emotion; earnest.

affeer
-to confirm; to assure.
-to assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.

affeerer
-alt. of affeeror

affeerment
-the act of affeering.

affeeror
-one who affeers.

afferent
-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
-with feeling.

affiance
-plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
-trust; reliance; faith; confidence.
-to betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
-to assure by promise.

affianced
-of affiance

affiancer
-one who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

affiancing
-of affiance

affiant
-one who makes an affidavit.

affidavit
-a sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.

affied
-of affy

affile
-to polish.

affiliable
-capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

affiliate
-to adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
-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.
-to connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
-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.
-to connect or associate one's self;
-- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

affiliated
-of affiliate

affiliating
-of affiliate

affiliation
-adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
-the establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.
-connection in the way of descent.

affinal
-related by marriage; from the same source.

affine
-to refine.

affined
-joined in affinity or by any tie.

affinitative
-of the nature of affinity.

affinities
-of affinity

affinitive
-closely connected, as by affinity.

affinity
-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.
-kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
-companionship; acquaintance.
-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.
-a relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.
-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
-to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
-to assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true;
-- opposed to deny.
-to declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. see affirmation, 4.
-to declare or assert positively.
-to make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

affirmable
-capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared;
-- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

affirmance
-confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.
-a strong declaration; affirmation.

affirmant
-one who affirms or asserts.
-one who affirms, instead of taking an oath.

affirmation
-confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
-the act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion;
-- opposed to negation or denial.
-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.
-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.

affirmative
-confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
-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.
-positive; dogmatic.
-expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
-positive;
-- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
-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.
-a word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.

affirmatively
-in an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative;
-- opposed to negatively.

affirmatory
-giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.

affirmed
-of affirm

affirmer
-one who affirms.

affirming
-of affirm

affix
-to subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.
-to fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.
-to attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.
-to fix or fasten figuratively;
-- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.
-that which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

affixed
-of affix

affixes
-of affix

affixing
-of affix

affixion
-affixture.

affixture
-the act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

afflation
-a blowing or breathing on; inspiration.

afflatus
-a breath or blast of wind.
-a divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.

afflict
-to strike or cast down; to overthrow.
-to inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.
-to make low or humble.
-afflicted.

afflicted
-of afflict

afflictedness
-the state of being afflicted; affliction.

afflicter
-one who afflicts.

afflicting
-of afflict
-grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event.
-- af*flict"ing*ly, adv.

affliction
-the cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.
-the state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.

afflictionless
-free from affliction.

afflictive
-giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

afflictively
-in an afflictive manner.

affluence
-a flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
-an abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth.

affluency
-affluence.

affluent
-flowing to; flowing abundantly.
-abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.
-a stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

affluently
-abundantly; copiously.

affluentness
-great plenty.

afflux
-a flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.

affluxion
-the act of flowing towards; afflux.

affodill
-asphodel.

afforce
-to reenforce; to strengthen.

afforcement
-a fortress; a fortification for defense.
-a reenforcement; a strengthening.

afforciament
-see afforcement.

afford
-to give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
-to give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age.
-to offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, a affords his goods cheaper than b; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.
-to incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;
-- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.

affordable
-that may be afforded.

afforded
-of afford

affording
-of afford

affordment
-anything given as a help; bestowal.

afforest
-to convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

afforestation
-the act of converting into forest or woodland.

afformative
-an affix.

affranchise
-to make free; to enfranchise.

affranchisement
-the act of making free; enfranchisement.

affrap
-to strike, or strike down.

affray
-to startle from quiet; to alarm.
-to frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
-the act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
-alarm; terror; fright.
-a tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
-the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.

affrayed
-of affray

affrayer
-one engaged in an affray.

affrayment
-affray.

affreight
-to hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

affreighter
-one who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

affreightment
-the act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

affret
-a furious onset or attack.

affriction
-the act of rubbing against.

affriended
-made friends; reconciled.

affright
-to impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
-affrighted.
-sudden and great fear; terror. it expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
-the act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.

affrighted
-of affright

affrightedly
-with fright.

affrighten
-to frighten.

affrighter
-one who frightens.

affrightful
-terrifying; frightful.

affrighting
-of affright

affrightment
-affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.

affront
-to front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
-to face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
-to offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
-an encounter either friendly or hostile.
-contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
-an offense to one's self
-respect; shame.

affronte
-face to face, or front to front; facing.

affronted
-of affront

affrontedly
-shamelessly.

affrontee
-one who receives an affront.

affronter
-one who affronts, or insults to the face.

affronting
-of affront

affrontingly
-in an affronting manner.

affrontive
-tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.

affrontiveness
-the quality that gives an affront or offense.

affuse
-to pour out or upon.

affused
-of affuse

affusing
-of affuse

affusion
-the act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.
-the act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease.

affy
-to confide (one's self to, or in); to trust.
-to betroth or espouse; to affiance.
-to bind in faith.
-to trust or confide.

affying
-of affy

afghan
-of or pertaining to afghanistan.
-a native of afghanistan.
-a kind of worsted blanket or wrap.

afield
-to, in, or on the field.
-out of the way; astray.

afire
-on fire.

aflame
-inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.

aflat
-level with the ground; flat.

aflaunt
-in a flaunting state or position.

aflicker
-in a flickering state.

afloat
-borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
-moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
-unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.

aflow
-flowing.

aflush
-in a flushed or blushing state.
-on a level.

aflutter
-in a flutter; agitated.

afoam
-in a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam.

afoot
-on foot.
-fig.: in motion; in action; astir; in progress.

afore
-before.
-in the fore part of a vessel.
-before (in all its senses).
-before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.

aforecited
-named or quoted before.

aforegoing
-going before; foregoing.

aforehand
-beforehand; in anticipation.
-prepared; previously provided;
-- opposed to behindhand.

aforementioned
-previously mentioned; before
-mentioned.

aforenamed
-named before.

aforesaid
-said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

aforethought
-premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.
-premeditation.

aforetime
-in time past; formerly.

afoul
-in collision; entangled.

afraid
-impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

afreet
-same as afrit.
-a powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.

afresh
-anew; again; once more; newly.

afric
-african.
-africa.

african
-of or pertaining to africa.
-a native of africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an african race.

africander
-one born in africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. also, and now commonly in southern africa, a native born of european settlers.

africanism
-a word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to africa or africans.

africanize
-to place under the domination of africans or negroes.

afrit
-alt. of afreet

afrite
-alt. of afreet

afront
-in front; face to face.
-in front of.

aft
-near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

after
-next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
-hinder; nearer the rear.
-to ward the stern of the ship;
-- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
-behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
-below in rank; next to in order.
-later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. it often precedes a clause. formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
-subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, i shall be careful.
-subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
-moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
-denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
-in imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after rubens; the boy takes after his father.
-according to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
-according to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
-subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.

after damp
-an irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. see carbonic acid.

after
-dinner
-the time just after dinner.
-following dinner; post
-prandial; as, an after
-dinner nap.

after
-eatage
-aftergrass.

after
-glow
-a glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

after
-image
-the impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.

after
-mentioned
-mentioned afterwards; as, persons after
-mentioned (in a writing).

after
-note
-one of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

after
-sails
-the sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.

after
-wit
-wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.

after
-witted
-characterized by after
-wit; slow
-witted.

afterbirth
-the placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

aftercast
-a throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.

afterclap
-an unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

aftercrop
-a second crop or harvest in the same year.

aftereye
-to look after.

aftergame
-a second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.

aftergrass
-the grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

aftergrowth
-a second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.

afterguard
-the seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after
-sails.

afterings
-the last milk drawn in milking; strokings.

aftermath
-a second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

aftermost
-hindmost;
-- opposed to foremost.
-nearest the stern; most aft.

afternoon
-the part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

afterpains
-the pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.

afterpiece
-a piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
-the heel of a rudder.

aftershaft
-the hypoptilum.

aftertaste
-a taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

afterthought
-reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

afterward
-at a later or succeeding time.

afterwards
-alt. of afterward

afterwise
-wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.

aftmost
-nearest the stern.

aftward
-toward the stern.