affectate 
affectatet (a-fek'tat). a. [< L. affectatus, pp. of 
affectare : see affect'-.'] Affected ; marked by 
affectation. Elyot, Diet. 
affectation (af-ek-ta'shon), . [< L. affecta- 
tio(n-), adfectatio(n-), a striving after, affecta- 
tion. conceit, < affectare, adfectare, strive after, 
affect, imitate : see affect!.] It. Strenuous 
pursuit or desire ; earnest quest ; a striving in 
the direction (of). 
Pretended sedition and affectation of the crown. 
Up. Pearson, Expos, of Creed, p. 293. 
The a/ectation of being Gay and in Fashion has very 
nearly eaten up our Good Sense and our Religion. 
Steele, Spectator. 
2. A striving for the appearance (of) ; pre- 
tense of the possession or character (of) ; effort 
for the reputation (of): as, an affectation of 
wit or of virtue ; affectation of great wealth. 
His arguments are stated with the utmost affectation of 
precision. Macaulay, Mill on Government. 
In matters of taste the Anglo-Saxon mind seems always 
to have felt a painful distrust of itself, which it betrays 
either in an affectation of burly contempt or in a pretence 
of admiration equally insincere. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 395. 
3. A striving for effect ; artificiality of manner 
or conduct ; effort to attract notice by pretense, 
assumption, or any peculiarity : as, his affecta- 
tions are insufferable. 
Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what 
should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that ac- 
companies what is natural. /,./,.-. Education. 
The good sense and good taste which had weeded out 
affectation from moral and political treatises would, in the 
natural course of things, have effected a similar reform in 
the sonnet and the ode. Macaulay, Dryden. 
4t. Affection; fondness. 
Bonds of affectation . . . between man and wife. 
Bp. Hall, Cases of Conscience, iv. 3. 
affectationist (af-ek-ta'shon-ist) ; n. [< affec- 
tation + -ist.] One who indulges in affectation ; 
one who is given to putting on airs. 
It is just the kind of phrase to be petted, as it is, by cer- 
tain affectationuts. F. Sail, Mod. Eng., p. 94. 
affected 1 (a-fek'ted), p. a. [< affecft + -ed?.] 
If. Beloved: as, "his affected Hercules," Chap- 
man, Iliad, viii. 318. 2. Having an affection, 
disposition, or inclination of any kind ; inclined 
or disposed : as, well affected to government or 
toward a project. 
Made their minds evil affected against the brethren. 
Acts xiv. 2. 
How he doth stand affected to our purpose. 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 1. 
3. Assumed artificially; not natural: as, af- 
fected airs. 
Of all his epistles, the least affected are those addressed 
to the dead or the unborn. Macaulay, Petrarch. 
4. Given to affectation ; assuming or pretend- 
ing to possess characteristics which are not 
natural or real : as, an affected lady. 
Olivia was often affected, from too great a desire to 
please. Goldsmith, Vicar, i. 
= Syn. 3. Artificial, feigned, insincere. 4. Pretentious, 
self -conscious. 
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affected 2 (a-fek'ted), p. a. [< affect* 
partly merged in affected 1 .'} 1. Acted upon; 
influenced; particularly, influenced injurious- 
ly ; impaired ; attacked, as by climate or dis- 
ease. 2. In alg., same as adfected. 3. In the 
Bom. Cath. Ch., said of a benefice the collation 
of which is reserved to persons possessed of 
certain qualifications; specifically, when the 
pope, by some disposition of the benefice, pre- 
vents the regular collation and tacitly signifies 
his intention of himself providing for the bene- 
fice when it shall become vacant. 
affectedly (a-fek'ted-li), adv. 1. In an affected 
or assumed manner; with affectation; hypo- 
critically; with more show than reality: as, to 
walk affectedly; affectedly civil. 
Balzac was genuinely as well as affectedly monarchical, 
and he was saturated with a sense of the past. 
H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 7. 
2f. With tender care; lovingly. 
Letters sadly penn'd in blood, 
With sleided silk feat and affectedly 
Enswathed. Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 48. 
affectedness (a-fek'ted-nes), n. The quality 
of being affected ; affectation. 
affecter (a-fek'ter),. [<ofeci + -eri.] 1. One 
who affects, pretends, or assumes. 2f. One 
who affects or loves. 
Bring forth the princess dress'd in royal robes, 
The true affecter of Alvero's sou. 
Lust's Dominion, v. 1. 
Also spelled affector. 
affectibility (a-fek-ti-bil'i-ti), n. The state of 
being affectible. 
affectible (a-fek'ti-bl), a. [< affecft + -Me.] 
Capable of being affected. [Rare.] 
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affecting 1 ! (a-fek'ting), ;). a. [Ppr. of affect 1 .] 
1. Loving; affectionate. 2. Using affectation ; 
affected. 
I never heard such a Anw\mis-aff?cting rogue. 
Shall., M. W. .if W., U. 1. 
affecting 2 (a-fek'ting), p. a. [Ppr. of affect^.] 
Having power to excite or move the feelings ; 
tending to move the affections; pathetic: as, 
an affecting spectacle ; an affecting speech. 
I suppose you are surprised that I am not more sorrow- 
ful at parting with so many near relations ; to be sure 'tis 
very a/rrtii, : i. Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 1. 
= Syn. Moving, touching, impressive, stirring. 
affectingly (a-fek'ting-li), adi\ In an affecting 
manner ; in a manner to excite emotion. 
affection (a-fek'shon), n. [< ME. affectiini, 
affection, < OF. affection, < L. affectio(n-), a state 
of mind or feeling, especially a favorable state, 
love, affection, < afficere, adficere, act upon, in- 
fluence: see affect 2 . Affection is formally a 
deriv. of affect", but in usage it rests also in 
part on affecft.] 1. The state of having one's 
feelings affected ; bent or disposition of mind ; 
phase of mental disposition ; feeling. 
Beware chiefly of two affectiotu, fear and love. 
Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1560. 
Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a 
pleasant state of the mind when impressed by any object 
or quality. Cogan, On the Passions, i. 1. 
Specifically (a) A general name for that class of feelings 
which bear an immediate relation of attraction or hos- 
tility toward other persons, and even toward things, as 
love, esteem, gratitude, hatred, jealousy, etc. This use of 
the in in is most frequent in ethical discussions, as in the 
common distinction between benevolent and malevolent 
affections. 
The affections and the reason are both undoubtedly ne- 
cessary factors in morality, but the initiation is not in the 
reason, but in the affections. 
Fowler, Shaftesbury and Hutcheson, p. 217. 
The hues of sunset make life great ; so the affections 
make some little web of cottage and fireside populous, 
important, and filling the main space in our history. 
Emerson, Success. 
(b) Desire ; inclination ; appetite ; propensity, good or 
evil : as, virtuous or vile affections. Rom. i. 26 ; Gal. v. 24. 
(ct) One of the passions or violent emotions. 
Most wretched man, 
That to affections does the bridle lend. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. iv. 34. 
2. A settled good will, love, or zealous attach- 
ment : as, the affection of a parent for his child : 
generally followed by for, sometimes by to or to- 
ward, before the object. 
Affection turn'd to hatred threatens mischief. 
Ford, Lady's Trial, ii. 2. 
[Essexl desired to inspire, not gratitude, but affection. 
Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
I think no modern writer has inspired his readers with 
such affection to his own personality. 
Emenm, Sir W. Scott. 
3f. Natural instinct or impulse ; sympathy. 
Affection, 
Master of passion, sways it to the mood 
Of what it likes, or loathes. Shalt., M. of V., IT. 1. 
4f. Prejudice; bias. 
"Well," he says, "a woman may not reign in England." 
" Better in England than anywhere, as it shall well appear 
to him that without affection will consider the kind of regi- 
ment." Bp. Ayliner, Harborough for Faithful Subjects. 
5. A modification ; the effect or result of ac- 
tion upon a thing; especially, inpsychol., a pas- 
sive modification of consciousness. 
All affections of consciousness we term sensations. 
H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 91. 
6. In metaph. (translation of Gr. irdBoc,, suffer- 
ing), one of those qualities of bodies by which 
they directly affect the senses : often improp- 
erly extended to other properties of bodies. 
I distinguish extension and figure by the title of the 
mathematical affections of matter. D. Stewart. 
The so-called forces of nature have been well and truly 
spoken of as the moods or affections of matter. 
W. L. Carpenter, Energy in Nature, p. 1. 
7. A disease, or the condition of being diseased ; 
a morbid or abnormal state of body or mind : 
as, a gouty affection; hysteric affection. 
And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, 
An old and strange affection of the house. 
Tennyson, The Princess, i. 
I have been thinking ... of the singular affection to 
which you are subject. 
O. W. Holmes, Mortal Antipathy, ixi. 
8. In painting, a lively representation of pas- 
sion. Wotton. [Rare.] 9f. Affectation. 
Pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection. 
Shak., L. L. L., v. 1. 
= Syn. 2. Attachment, Fondness, etc. (see lovr), tender- 
ness, partiality, bias. See passion. 
affection (a-fek'shqn), v. t. [=F. affectionner; 
from the noun.] T/b love ; have an affection for. 
[Rare.] 
But can you affection the 'oman ? 
Shak., M. W. of W., i. 1. 
affectuous 
affectional (a-fek'shon-al). a. Relating to or 
implying affection ; relating to the affections. 
loss without injury to the whole.. 
Quoted in >'<.< nml !:<! u 
Sn,,, p. 172. 
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affectionate (a-fek'shon-at), a. [< affection + 
-ate-; suggested by F. affectionne, pp. of affec- 
tionner: see affection, r.] 1. Having great love 
or affection; warmly attached; fond; kind; 
loving: as, an affectionate brother. 
Her father appears to have been as bad a father as a 
very honest, n[l\'<-tinti(it>'. ami sweet-tempered man can well 
be. Macaiilni/, .Madame D'Arblay. 
2f. Devoted in feeling ; zealous. 
In their love of God, and desire to please him, men can 
never be too a/ectionate. lip. Sprat, Sermons. 
3. Characterized by or manifesting affection ; 
possessing or indicating love ; tender ; warm- 
hearted : as, the affectionate care of a parent. 
He [Lord Russell] had sent to Kettlewell an affectionate 
message from the scaffold. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xiv. 
Victor Emmanuel was a man of strong family feeling 
and affectionate disposition. 
E. Dicey, Victor Emmanuel, p. 152. 
4t. Strongly disposed or inclined : with to. 
Affectionate to the war with France. 
Bacon, Hist, of Hen. VII. 
5f. Biased ; partizan. = Syn. Warm-hearted, tender- 
hearted, attached, devoted. 
affectionatet (a-fek'shon-at), v. t. or '. To af- 
fect ; be affected, inclined, or disposed. 
Be kindly affectionated one to another. 
Cambridge If. T., 1683 (Rom. xii. 10). 
Give me but ten days respite, and I will reply, 
Which or to whom myself affectionates. 
Greene, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay. 
affectionately (a-fek'shon-at-li), adv. 1. In an 
affectionate manner; with affection; fondly; 
tenderly; kindly. 
Being affectionately desirous of you. 1 Thes. ii. 8. 
2f. In a biased manner ; in the manner of a 
partizan. 
He doth in that place affectionately and unjustly re- 
prove both the Bishop of Rome and Alexandria. 
Abp. Whitgift, Works, II. 185. 
affectionateness (a-fek'shon-ftt-nes), n. The 
quality of being affectionate ; fondness ; good 
will ; affection. 
Dryden and Pope, however, kept their strength for 
satire and invective, and this style does not easily com- 
port with hearty affectionateness. 
X. A. Rev., CXXXIX. 587. 
affectioned (a-fek'shond), p. a. [< affection + 
-ecft. Cf. affectionate.'] 1. Having a certain 
disposition of feeling ; disposed. [Archaic.] 
Be kindly affectioned one to another. Rom. xii. 10. 
A man meanelie learned himselfe, but not meanely af- 
fectioned to set forward learning in others. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 133. 
2t. Affected ; conceited. 
An affectioned ass, that cons state without book. 
Shale., T. N., ii. 3. 
affectioust (a-fek'shus), a. [< affection + -vug. 
Cf. affectuous.] Affectionate; cordial. 
Therefore my deare, deare wife, and dearest sonnes, 
Let me ingirt you with my last embrace : 
And in your cheekes impresse a fare-well kisse, 
Kisse of true kindness and affectious love. 
Tragedy of Nero (1807). 
affective (a-fek'tiv), a. [< ML. affectivus, < L. 
affectus, pp. of afficere, affect : see affect 2 .] 1. 
Affecting or exciting emotion ; suited to affect. 
[Rare.] 
A preacher more instructive than affective. 
Bp. Burnet, Own Times (1689), iv. 
2. Pertaining to the affections ; emotional. 
Without epilepsy she would have a condition of the af- 
fective power of the mind which is so deficient as to lessen 
responsibility. Alien, and Neural., VI. 375. 
Affective quality. Same as affection, 6. 
affectively (a-fek'tiv-li), adv. In an affective 
manner ; as regards the affections. [Rare.] 
affector, . See affecter. 
affectualt (a-fek'tu-al), a. [< L. affectus, men- 
tal disposition, desire (see affect^, .), + -al.] 
Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or 
desire ; emotional ; affectional ; earnest. 
God hath beholden your affectuall devocyon fro heaven. 
Caxton, Golden Legend, p. 389. 
Lust not only affectual, but actual, is dispensed with. 
Rev. T. Ailams, Works, I. 205. 
affectuoust (a-fek'tu-us), a. [= F. affectuenx, 
< L. affectnogus, < affectus, affection, mood : 
see affecft, n.] Marked by passion or affection ; 
earnest; affectionate; affecting: as, "made 
such affectuoun labour," Fanyan, vii. 
