Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
affamish |
verb t. & i. |
To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. |
affected |
imp. & past participle |
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. |
affecter |
noun |
One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after. |
affeerer |
noun |
Alt. of Affeeror |
affeeror |
noun |
One who affeers. |
afferent |
adjective |
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 |
noun |
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. |
affinity |
noun |
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. |
affirmed |
imp. & past participle |
of Affirm |
affirmer |
noun |
One who affirms. |
affixing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Affix |
affixion |
noun |
Affixture. |
afflatus |
noun |
A breath or blast of wind., A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration. |
affluent |
adjective |
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. |
affodill |
noun |
Asphodel. |
afforded |
imp. & past participle |
of Afford |
afforest |
verb t. |
To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country. |
affrayed |
past participle |
of Affray |
affrayer |
noun |
One engaged in an affray. |
affright |
verb t. |
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. |
affronte |
adjective |
Face to face, or front to front; facing. |
affusing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Affuse |
affusion |
noun |
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. |