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Af*fray"er (&?;), n. One engaged in an affray.

Af*fray"ment (&?;), n. Affray. [Obs.] Spenser.

Af*freight" (&?;), v. t. [Pref. ad- + freight: cf. F. affréter. See Freight.] To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

Af*freight"er (&?;), n. One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

Af*freight"ment (&?;), n. [Cf. F. affrétement.] The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

Af*fret" (&?;), n. [Cf. It. affrettare to hasten, fretta haste.] A furious onset or attack. [Obs.] Spenser.

Af*fric"tion (&?;), n. [L. affricare to rub on. See Friction.] The act of rubbing against. [Obs.]

Af*friend"ed (&?;), p. p. Made friends; reconciled. [Obs.] "Deadly foes . . . affriended." Spenser.

Af*fright" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. fyrhtan to terrify; - (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.

Dreams affright our souls. Shak.

A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.

Syn. -- To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate.

Af*fright", p. a. Affrighted. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Af*fright", n. 1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.

He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith.

2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson.

Af*fright"ed*ly, adv. With fright. Drayton.

Af*fright"en (&?;), v. t. To frighten. [Archaic] "Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes." Southey.

Af*fright"er (&?;), n. One who frightens. [Archaic]

Af*fright"ful (&?;), a. Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic]

Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth.

Af*fright"ment (&?;), n. Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [Archaic]

Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke.

Af*front" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affronting.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See Front.] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.]

All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. Holland.

That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. Shak.

2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]

3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.