Part 237

<hw>A*foul"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>foul</ets>.]</ety> <def>In collision; entangled.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<cs><col>To run afoul of</col>, <cd>to run against or come into collision with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause injury.</cd></cs>

<h1>Afraid</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*fraid"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>afrayed</ets>, <ets>affraide</ets>, p. p. of <ets>afraien</ets> to affray. See <er>Affray</er>, and cf. <er>Afeard</er>.]</ety> <def>Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.</def> <mark>[Afraid comes after the noun it limits.]</mark> "Back they recoiled, <i>afraid</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<note>&hand; This word expresses a less degree of fear than <i>terrified</i> or <i>frightened</i>. It is followed by <i>of</i> before the object of fear, or by the infinitive, or by a dependent clause; as, to be <i>afraid of</i> death. "I am <i>afraid</i> to die." "I am <i>afraid</i> he will chastise me." "Be not <i>afraid</i> that I your hand should take." <i>Shak.</i> <i>I am afraid</i> is sometimes used colloquially to soften a statement; as, <i>I am afraid</i> I can not help you in this matter.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Fearful; timid; timorous; alarmed; anxious.</syn>

<h1>Afreet</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>Af"reet</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Afrit</er>.</def>

<h1>Afresh</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*fresh"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>fresh</ets>.]</ety> <def>Anew; again; once more; newly.</def>

<blockquote>They crucify . . . the Son of God <b>afresh</b>. <i>Heb. vi. 6.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Afric</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>Af"ric</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>African.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Africa.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark></def2>

<h1>African</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>Af"ri*can</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Africus</ets>, <ets>Africanus</ets>, fr. <ets>Afer</ets> African.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Africa.

<cs><col>African hemp</col>, <cd>a fiber prerared from the leaves of the <i>Sanseviera Guineensis<i>, a plant found in Africa and India.</cd> -- <col>African marigold</col>, <cd>a tropical American plant <spn>(Tagetes erecta)</spn>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>African oak</col> &or; <col>African teak</col></mcol>, <cd>a timber furnished by <spn>Oldfieldia Africana</spn>, used in ship building.</cd></cs>

<-- <col>African violet</col> <col>African</col></mcol><cd>-American, a United States citizen of African descent-->

<h1>African</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>Af"ri*can</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.</def>

<h1>Africander</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>Af`ri*can"der</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Africanism</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>Af"ri*can*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.</def> "The knotty <i>Africanisms</i> . . . of the fathers."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Africanize</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>Af"ri*can*ize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.</def> <mark>[Amer.]</mark>