Helen Fenton

Affiliate: Definition and part of speech

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Affiliate

  1. v. i. To connect or associate one’s self; — followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
  2. v. t. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  3. v. t. To fix the paternity of; — said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
  4. v. t. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
  5. v. t. To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; — followed by to or with.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Affiliation: Definition and part of speech

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Affiliation

  1. n. Connection in the way of descent.
  2. n. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
  3. n. The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Affected: Definition and part of speech

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Affected

  1. imp. & p. p. of Affect
  2. p. p. & a. Regarded with affection; beloved.
  3. p. p. & a. Inclined; disposed; attached.
  4. p. p. & a. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.
  5. p. p. & a. Assumed artificially; not natural.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Affecting: Definition and part of speech

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Affecting

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Affect
  2. a. Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Affect: Definition and part of speech

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Affect

  1. n. Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
  2. v. t. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
  3. v. t. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
  4. v. t. To love; to regard with affection.
  5. v. t. To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
  6. v. t. To dispose or incline.
  7. v. t. To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
  8. v. t. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
  9. v. t. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
  10. v. t. To assign; to appoint.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Affectation: Definition and part of speech

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Affectation

  1. n. Fondness; affection.
  2. n. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
  3. n. A striving after.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Affectedly: Definition and part of speech

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Affectedly

  1. adv. Lovingly; with tender care.
  2. adv. In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.