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Afloat: Definition and part of speech

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Afloat

  1. adv. & a. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.
  2. adv. & a. Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
  3. adv. & a. Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.

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.

Affusion: Definition and part of speech

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Affusion

  1. n. The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease.
  2. n. The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.

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.

Affy: Definition and part of speech

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Affy

  1. v. i. To trust or confide.
  2. v. t. To confide (one’s self to, or in); to trust.
  3. v. t. To betroth or espouse; to affiance.
  4. v. t. To bind in faith.

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.