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affection

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

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.

Affectively

In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.

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.

Affiance

Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

affiance

To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.

Affiancer

One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

Affiche

A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

Affidavit

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

Affiliable

Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

Affiliate

To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

Affiliation

Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.

Affinal

Related by marriage; from the same source.

Affined

Joined in affinity or by any tie.

Affirm

To declare or assert positively.

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.

Affirmation

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

Affirmative

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.

affirmative action

a policy of making active efforts to improve the employment or educational opportunities available to members of minority groups or women; -- achieved by employers or schools by using various techniques, but excluding the use of simple quotas or outright discrimination against white males.

Affirmatively

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

Affix

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

affixal

of or pertaining to an affix.

affixed

attached physically. Opposite of unaffixed.

Affixture

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

Afflation

A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.

Afflicting

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.

Afflictive

Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

Affluence

A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.

Affluent

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

Afflux

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

Afforce

To re/nforce; to strengthen.

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.

Afforest

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

Affrap

To strike, or strike down.

Affray

The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.

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.

Affricate

A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.

Affright

Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.

Affrightment

Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.

Affront

An encounter either friendly or hostile.

Affronte

Face to face, or front to front; facing.

Affronter

One who affronts, or insults to the face.

Affrontive

Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.

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 trust or confide.

Afghan

A native of Afghanistan.

Afghani

a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.

Afield

To, in, or on the field.

Aflame

In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.

Aflat

Level with the ground; flat.

Aflaunt

In a flaunting state or position.

Afloat

Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

Afoam

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

Afore

Before (in all its senses).

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