Part 221

<h1>Affectively</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw>Af*fec"tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.</def>

<h1>Affectuous</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw>Af*fec"tu*ous</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>affectuous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>affectueux</ets>. See <er>Affect</er>.]</ety> <def>Full of passion or emotion; earnest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Af*fec"tu*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Fabyan.</i>

<h1>Affeer</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw>Af*feer"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aforer</ets>, <ets>afeurer</ets>, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L. <ets>ad + forum</ets> market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning <ets>pri<?/<?/</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To confirm; to assure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The title is <i>affeered</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.</def>

<blockquote>Amercements . . . were <b>affeered</b> by the judges. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Affeerer, Affeeror</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw><hw>Af*feer"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Af*feer"or</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aforeur</ets>, LL. <ets>afforator</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>One who affeers.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Affeerment</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw>Af*feer"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aforement</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>The act of affeering.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Afferent</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw>Af"fer*ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>afferens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>afferre</ets>; <ets>ad + ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to <i>efferent</i>; <as>as, <ex>afferent</ex> vessels; <ex>afferent</ex> nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.</as></def>

<h1>Affettuoso</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw>Af*fet`tu*o"so</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>With feeling.</def>

<h1>Affiance</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw>Af*fi"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>afiaunce</ets> trust, confidence, OF. <ets>afiance</ets>, fr. <ets>afier</ets> to trust, fr. LL. <ets>affidare</ets> to trust; <ets>ad + fidare</ets> to trust, fr. L. <ets>fides</ets> faith. See <er>Faith</er>, and cf. <er>Affidavit</er>, <er>Affy</er>, <er>Confidence</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.</def>

<blockquote>Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual <b>affiance</b> in the divine love. <i>Sir J. Stephen.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most <b>affiance</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Affiance</h1> <Xpage=28>

<hw>Af*fi"ance</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. <?/ p. p.</tt> <er>Affianced</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. <?/ vb. n.</tt> <er>Affiancing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>afiancier</ets>, fr. <ets>afiance</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.</def>

<blockquote>To me, sad maid, he was <b>affianced</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>