To declare or assert positively.
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Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.
One who affirms or asserts.
Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
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 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.
In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
One who affirms.
That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
of or pertaining to an affix.
attached physically. Opposite of unaffixed.
of or pertaining to an affix.
Affixture.
The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.
A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.
A breath or blast of wind.
Afflicted.
The state of being afflicted; affliction.
One who afflicts.
Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.
The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.
Free from affliction.
Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
In an afflictive manner.
A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
Affluence.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
Abundantly; copiously.
Great plenty.
A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.
The act of flowing towards; afflux.
Asphodel.
To re/nforce; to strengthen.
A fortress; a fortification for defense.
See Afforcement.
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.
That may be afforded.
Anything given as a help; bestowal.
To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.
The act of converting into forest or woodland.
An affix.
To make free; to enfranchise.
The act of making free; enfranchisement.
To strike, or strike down.
The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
One engaged in an affray.
Affray.
To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.
One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.
The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
A furious onset or attack.
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.
The act of rubbing against.
Made friends; reconciled.
Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
With fright.
To frighten.
One who frightens.
Terrifying; frightful.
Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
An encounter either friendly or hostile.
Face to face, or front to front; facing.
Shamelessly.
One who receives an affront.
One who affronts, or insults to the face.
In an affronting manner.
Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.
The quality that gives an affront or offense.
To pour out or upon.
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.
To trust or confide.
A native of Afghanistan.
a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
a mountainous country in central Asia.
a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
To, in, or on the field.
On fire.
In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.
Level with the ground; flat.
In a flaunting state or position.
In a flickering state.
Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
Flowing.
On a level.
In a flutter; agitated.
In a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam.
On foot.
Before (in all its senses).
Named or quoted before.
Go/ng before; foregoing.
Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.
Previously mentioned; before-mentioned.
Named before.
Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.
Premeditation.
In time past; formerly.
In collision; entangled.
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Same as Afrit.
A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.
Anew; again; once more; newly.
African. Africa.
A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
same as African wild dog.
a dog (Lycaon pictus) with mottled fur found in Africa, notable for the strong social structure of its family groups.
an American whose ancestors were born in Africa, especially a United States citizen of African descent.
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.
A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.
To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry or their history or culture.
of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples.
a wig that gives the appearance of an afro hairdo.
dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.
In front; face to face. In front of.
an African fowl genus; both sexes are brightly colored.
Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
The time just after dinner. Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.
Aftergrass.
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