Webster's Dictionary 1828

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AFFLATION

AFFLA'TION, noun [Latin affle, afflatum, of ad and flo; Eng. blow. See Blow.]A blowing or breathing on.

1136

AFFLATUS

AFFLA'TUS, noun [Latin]1. A breath or blast of wind.2. Inspiration; communication of divine knowledge, or the power of prophesy.

1137

AFFLICT

AFFLICT', verb transitive [Latin affligo, afflicto, of ad and figo, to strike; eng. flog; Gr. to strike;, Latin plaga, a stroke. Hence, eng. flail, g being suppressed; Latin fla...

1138

AFFLICTED

AFFLICT'ED, participle passive Affected with continued or often repeated pain, either of body or mind; suffering grief or distress, of any kind; followed by at, by or with; as, ...

1139

AFFLICTEDNESS

AFFLICT'EDNESS, noun The state of being afflicted; but superseded by affliction.

1140

AFFLICTER

AFFLICT'ER, noun One who afflicts, or causes pain of body or of mind.

1141

AFFLICTING

AFFLICT'ING, participle present tense Causing continued or durable pain of body or mind; grieving; distressing.AFFLICT'ING, adjective Grievous; distressing; as, an afflicting ev...

1142

AFFLICTION

AFFLIC'TION, noun1. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.Some virtues are seen only in affliction2. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as ...

1143

AFFLICTIVE

AFFLICT'IVE, adjective Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; painful; distressing.

1144

AFFLICTIVELY

AFFLICT'IVELY, adverb In a manner to give pain or grief.

1145

AFFLUENCE

AF'FLUENCE, noun [Latin affluentia, of ad and fluo, to flow. See Flow.]1. Literally, a flowing to, or concourse. In this sense it is rarely used. It is sometimes written affluen...

1146

AFFLUENT

AF'FLUENT, adjective Flowing to; more generally, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches; abundant.

1147

AFFLUENTLY

AF'FLUENTLY, adverb In abundance; abundantly.

1148

AFFLUX

AF'FLUX, noun [Latin affluxum, from affluo. See Flow.]The act of flowing to; a flowing to, or that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.

1149

AFFLUXION

AFFLUX'ION, noun The act of flowing to; that which flows to. [See Afflux.]

1150

AFFORAGE

AF'FORAGE, noun [ad and force.]In France, a duty paid to the lord of a district, for permission to sell wine or other liquors, within his seignory.

1151

AFFORCEMENT

AFFO'RCEMENT, noun [ad and force.]In old charters, a fortress; a fortification for defense. obsolete

1152

AFFORD

AFFO'RD, verb transitive [ad and the root of forth, further. The sense is to send forth. But I have not found this precise word in the exact sense of the English, in any other l...

1153

AFFORDED

AFFO'RDED, participle passive Yielded as fruit, produce or result; sold without loss or with profit.

1154

AFFORDING

AFFO'RDING, participle present tense Yielding; producing; selling without loss; bearing expenses.

1155

AFFOREST

AFFOR'EST, verb transitive [ad and forest.]To convert ground into forest, as was done by the first Norman kings in England, for the purpose of affording them the pleasures of th...

1156

AFFORESTATION

AFFORESTA'TION, noun The act of turning ground into forest or wood land.

1157

AFFORESTED

AFFOR'ESTED, participle passive Converted into forest.

1158

AFFORESTING

AFFOR'ESTING, participle present tense Converting into forest.

1159

AFFRANCHISEMENT

AFFRAN'CHISEMENT, noun [See Franchise and disfranchise.]The act of making free, or liberating from dependence or servitude. [Little used.]

1160

AFFRAP

AFFRAP', verb transitive [Eng. rap.] To strike. obsolete

1161

AFFRAY

AFFRA'Y,AFFRA'YMENT, noun1. In law, the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray2. ...