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AFFECT,/. Affection; pafiion; fenfation. Quality; 
eircumftance.—It feemeth that, as the feet have a iympa- 
thy with the head, Co the wrifts have a fympathy with the 
heart; we fee the affeBs and paffions of the heart and fpi- 
rits are notably dificlofed by the pulfe. Bacon. —This is on¬ 
ly the antiquated word for affeBion. 
To Affect, v. a. \_ajfeiler, Fr. afficio, affeBum, Lat.] 
To adt upon; to produce effects in any other thing. To 
move the paffions.—As a thinking man cannot but be very 
much affeBed with the idea of his appearing- in the pre¬ 
fence of that Being, whom none can fee and live ; he mud 
he much more affeBed, when he confiders, that this Being, 
whom he appears before, will examine the adtions of his 
life, and reward or puniflt him accordingly. AddiJ'on. —• 
To aim at; to endeavour after: fpoken of perfons. To 
tend to; to endeavour after: fpoken of things..—The 
drops of every fluid affcB a round figure, by the mutual 
attraction of their parts ; as the globe of the earth and fea 
affeBs a round figure, by the mutual attraction of its parts 
by gravity. Newton. —To be fond of; to be pleafed with; 
to love ; to regard with fondnefs. To make a (how of 
fomething; to ftudy the appearance of anything; with 
fome degree of hypocrify. To imitate in an unnatural and 
conftrained manner. To convidt of fome crime ; to at¬ 
taint with guilt: a phrafe merely juridical.—By the civil 
law, if a dowry with a wife be promifed and not paid, the 
hufband is not obliged to allow her alimony. But, if her 
parents fhall become infolvent by fome misfortune, fhe 
ihall have alimony, unlefs you can affeB them with fraud, 
in promifing what they knew they were not able to per¬ 
form. Aylijfe. 
AFFECTATION,/! {_b.ffcB.ati 6 , Lat.] Fondnefs; high 
degree of liking ; commonly with fome degree of culpa¬ 
bility. An artificial fhow; an elaborate appearance; a 
faife pretence.—It has been, from age to age, an affcBa- 
tion to love the pleafure of folitude, among thofe who 
cannot pofiibly be fuppofed qualified for palling life in that 
manner. Spectator. 
AFFECTED, part. adj. Moved ; touched with affec¬ 
tion ; internally difpofed or inclined. Studied with over¬ 
much care, or with hypocritical appearance. In a per- 
fonal fenfe, full of affectation : as, An affeBed lady.— 
Thefe antic, lifting, affeBed, phantafies, thefe new tuners 
of accents. Shakefpeare. 
AFFECTEDLY, adv. In an affected manner; hypo¬ 
critically; with more appearance than reality. Studiouf- 
ly; with laboured intention.—Some mifperfuauons con¬ 
cerning the divine attributes tend to the corrupting men’s 
manners, as if they were defigned and affeBedly chofen 
for that purpofe. 
AFFECTEDNESS, /. The quality of being affedted, 
or of making faife appearances. 
AFFECTION,/ {affeBion, Fr. affcBio, Lat.] The date 
of being affedted by any cattle or agent. This general 
fenfe is little in ufe. Pafiion of any kind.— AffeBions, as 
joy, grief, fear, and anger, with fiiCh like, being, as it 
were, the fundry falhions and forms of appetite, can nei¬ 
ther rife at the conceit of a thing indifferent, nor yet 
clioofe but rife at - the fight of fome things. Hooker. —Love ; 
k'ihdnefs ; good will to fome perfons : often with to' or to¬ 
wards before the perfoii. Good-will to any object; zeal; 
paffionate regard.—Let'not the mind of a ftudeht be under 
the influence of warm affection to things of fenfe, when'hd 
comes to the fearch of truth: Watts. —State of.the mind, 
in general. Quality; property. State of the body, as 
adted uponbv any caufe.—It feemed to be a venereal go¬ 
norrhoea, and others thought it arofe from fome fc'orbu- 
tical affeBion, Wifeman. —Lively reprefentation in painting. 
.—AffeBion is the lively reprefentment of any pafiion wh'at- 
foever, as if the'figures Hood not upon a cloth or board, 
but as if they were adting upon , a ftage. IVotlon. —It is 
tiled by Shakefpeare fometimes for affcRation. 
Affection, ampng phyficians, ligmfies the fame as 
difeale. Thus the hyjteric affeBion is the fame with the hyf- 
tefic'difeafe. 
Von. I. No. 12. 
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AFFECTIONATE, adj. {affeBionne, Fr. from affec¬ 
tion.] Full of affedtion ; ftrongly moved; warm; zealous. 
Strongly inclined to; difpofed to; with the particle to. 
Fond; benevolent; tender.—When we refledt on all this 
affcBionate care of Providence for our bappinefs, with what 
wonder mult we obferve the little effect it has on men! 
Rogers. 
AFFECTIONATELY, adv. In an affedlionate man¬ 
ner; fondly; tenderly; benevolently. 
AFFECTIONATENESS,/ The quality or (late of 
being affedlionate ; fondnefs; tendernefs ; good-will; be¬ 
nevolence. 
AFFECTIONED, adj. Affedted; conceited. This 
fenfe is now obfolete.—An affcilioncd afs that cons Hate 
without book, and utters it by great fvvaths. Shakefpeare. 
—Inclined; mentally difpofed.—Be kindly cffeBioned one 
to another. Rom. xii. 10. 
AFFECTUOUSLY, adv. In an affedting manner. 
AFFECTIVE, adj. That which affedts; that which 
ftrongly touches. It is generally ufed for painful.—Pain 
is fo uneafy a fentiment, that very little of it is enough to 
corrupt every enjoyment; and the effedt God intends this 
variety of ungrateful and affeBive fentiments ftiould have 
on us, is to reclaim our affections from this valley of tears. 
Rogers. 
AFFECTUOSITY,/ Pafiionatenefs. 
AFFECTUOUS, adj. Full of pafiion; as, An affeRu- 
ous fpeech. A word little ufed. 
To AFFERE, v. a. {offer , Fr.] A law-term, fignifying 
to confirm. 
AFFERORS,/ [from affeurer, Fr. to tax.] In law, are 
thofe in the couft-leet or court-baron that fettle and mo¬ 
derate the fines and amercements impofed on fuch perfons 
as have committed faults for which no exprefs penalty is 
preferibed by ftatute. The perfons nominated to this of¬ 
fice affirm upon their oaths what penalty they think in con¬ 
fidence ought to be inflidted upon the offenders. 
AFFETUOSO, or Con Affetto, adj. in the Italian 
mufic, intimates that the part to which it is added ought 
to be played in a tender moving way, and conl'equently ra¬ 
ther flow than faft. 
AFFIANCE,/ {affiance, from affier, Fr.] A marriage- 
contradt. Truft in general; confidence; fecure reliance. 
Truft in the divine promifes and protedtion. To'this fenfe 
it is now almoft confined.—There can be no filter way to 
fuccefs, than by declaiming all confidence in ourfelves, 
and referring the events of things to God with an implicit 
affiance. Alter bury. 
Affiance, in law, is the plightingof troth between a 
man and a woman upon their agreement of marriage; and 
' fignifies as much as fidiem dare , to pledge one’s faith or fide¬ 
lity. Litt. fee. 39. 
To Affiance, v. a. To betroth; to bind any one by 
-promife to marriage. To give confidence: 
Stranger! whoe’er thou art, fecurely reft 
Affianc’d in,my faith, a friendly gueft. Pope. 
AFFIANCER,/ He that makes a contradt of mar¬ 
riage between two parties. 
AFFIDATION, or Affidature,/ [from affid'o, Lat.} 
Mutual contradt; mutual-oath of fidelity. 
AFFIDAVIT,/ in law, is an oatli in writing, fworn 
before fome perfon who hath authority to take it. The 
plaintiff or defendant may make affidavit in a caufe de¬ 
pending, but it will not be admitted in evidence at the 
trial, but is only admitted upon'motion. Affidavits ought 
to fet forth the matter of fad! only; which the party in¬ 
tends to prove by his affidavit; and not to declare the me¬ 
rits of the caufe, of which the court is to judge. An af¬ 
fidavit regularly ought to be before the jUdges of the'court 
wherein the caufe is depending; but, by the ftatute 29 
Car. II. c. 5. the judges of the courts of King’s 'Bench, 
Common Pleas, and Exchequer, may grant commifiion's 
to perfons in the country to take affidavits concerning'any 
matter depending in the refpedtive courts, in like manner 
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