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Affection: Definition and part of speech

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Affection

  1. n. Passion; violent emotion.
  2. n. The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
  3. n. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
  4. n. Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
  5. n. A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; — often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
  6. n. Prejudice; bias.
  7. n. Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
  8. n. The lively representation of any emotion.
  9. n. Affectation.
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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.

Affectional: Definition and part of speech

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Affectional

  1. a. Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

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.

Affectionate: Definition and part of speech

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Affectionate

  1. a. Strongly inclined; — with to.
  2. a. Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
  3. a. Kindly inclined; zealous.
  4. a. Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.

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.