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Show AF AF The prope A'crie. n. Ji [airie, Fr. quality of being affable ; eafinef word, in hawks and other birds of prey for that which we generally call a nef defcenfion fuperiours ufe it moft think its virtues not very great. Quincy AryTEs. n.f. [&d©~, an eagle.] Eagleftone. It is about the bignefs of a cheftnut, and hollow, with {omewha tion 1. Eaf He&or haftened to relieve his boy Difmifs'd his burnifh'd helm that fhone afar The pride of warriours, and the pomp of war Dryden 3. From afar ; from a diftant place The rough Vulturnus, furious in its courfe ‘With rapid ftreams divides the fruitful grounds 4. Afar of 5 remotely diftant Much fufpecing his fecret ends, he entertaine a treaty of peace with France, but fecretly an to be governe as occafions fhoul Sir Fobn Hayward AFE‘ARD. participial adj. [from to fzar for to fright, with a redundant. 1. Frighted; terrified ; afraid Shakefp. Henry IV ‘Till he cherifh too much beard And make Love, or me, afeard Ben Fonfon's Elnderawoods 2. It has the particle of before the objec With grateful memory obfolete ; the laft autho whom I have found ufing it, is Sed/ey A'FER. n. /. [Lat.] The fouth-weft wind blaft upturn the fro th fouth Notus and Afer, black with thund'rous clouds Milton's Paradife Loft, b. x [affabilité, Fr. af JSabilitas, Lat. Sce Arranne. Milton's Par. Loft, b. viii 2. It is applied to the external appearance benign mild favourable Auguftus appeared, looking rourd him with ferene and affable countenance upon all th writers of his age Tatler A'¥FABLENESS. #. f. [from affable. Courtefy; affability A'FFaBLY. adu. [from affable] In a Th civilly A'rraBrOUS. adj. [affabre, Fr.] Skil- fully made; complete; finifhed in workman-like manner Dis ArraBuLa'TiON. 2. f. [affabulatio, Lat. The moral of a fable Dig A¥ra‘tr. n. f. [affaire, Fr.] Bufinefs fomething to be managed or tranfacted It is ufed for both private and publi matters I was not born for courts or great affairs I pay my debts, believe, and fay my prayers. Pope A good acquaintance with method will greatl affift every one in ranging, difpofing, and managWatts's Logick ing all human gffairs What St. John' fkill in ftate affairs Sawift Bleed, bleed, poor country Great tyranny, lay thou thy bafis fure For goodnefs dares not check thee I ArrgcT 1 The fu Had firft his precept {o to move, {o fhine As might gffeé? the earth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable Milton's Paradife Loft, b. x The generality of men are wholly governed b names, in matters of good and evil; fo far a thefe qualities relate to, and affeé?, the actions o men South's Sermons Yet even thofe two particles do reciprocall affet? each other with the fame force and vigour as they would do at the fame diftance in any othe fituation imaginable Bentley's Sermons 2. To move the paffions As a thinking man cannot but be very muc affected with the idea of his appearing in the prefence of that Being, whom none can fee and live he muft be much more gffected, when he confiders, that this Being, whom he appears before will examine the aétions of his life, and reward o punifh him accordingly Addifon, SpefFator, No 513 3. To aim at ; to endeavour after: {poke of perfons Atrides brok His filence next, but ponder'd ere he fpoke ‘Wife are thy words, and glad I would obey But this proud man zffefts imperial fway Dryden's Iliad 4. Totend to; to endeavour after : {fpoke of things The drops of every fluid affef? a round figure by the mutual attraétion of their parts; as th globe of the earth and fea affei?s'a round figure by the mutual attraction of its parts by gravity Nezwten's Opticks 5. Tobe fond of; to be pleafed with to love ; to regard with fondnefs That little which fome of the heathen di chance to hear, concerning fuch matter as th facred Scripture plentifully containeth, they di in 'wonderful fort affect Hookery be 1s There is your crown And he that wears the crown immortally Long guard it yours ! If I affeé? it more Than as your honour and as your renown Let me no more from this obedience rife Shake[p. Henry IV Think not that wars we love, and ftrife affeé? Or that we hate fweet peace Fairfax, b. iis None byt a woman could a man direc To tell us women what we moft affecz Dryd. Wife of Bath 6. T find mak th a fhe of fomething appearanc o an to thing with fome degree of hypocrify Before the reft gffeczed fill to ftand 70 AvrE'ar. v. 2. [from affier, Fr.} T confirm; to give a fantion to; t eftablifh: an old termof law His title is affear'd w. a, [affeder, Fr. aficio Another nymph, amongft the many fair What Ormond's valour, Oxford's cares To aid their finking country lent Was all deftroy'd by one event Fear is defcribed by Spenfer tp ride in armour at the clafhing. whereof he looks afeard of himfelf Peacham. Bacon Gentle to me and affable hath bee Thy condefcenfion, and fhall be honour'd eve thee out three fuch enemies again 2 It is ufed of fu Shakefp. Tams Shrew. being heir apparent, could the world pic Arrart'Lity cour fuade any thing that he took to heart Her father i An affable and courteous gentlemar He loudly bray'd, that like was never heard And from his wide devouring oven fen A flake of fire, that flathing in his beard Him all amaz'd, and almoft made afeard Fairy Queen But tell me, Hal, art thou not horridly afeard accoftable affable manner; courteoufly And from afar in hollow murmur founds Addifon on Italy adverf L Eftrange ment of words, where he defired to affect or per 2. To or from a great diftance Wit o He was affable, and both well and fair {poken and would ufe ftrange fweetnefs and blandith Bacon's Natural Hiftory, No 284 It is no of manners teous; complaifant periours 1in i Find we a time for frighted peace to pant And breathe thort-winded accents of new broils To be commenc'd in ftrouds afar remote Shake[peare's Henry IV ‘We hear better when we hold our breath tha contrary; infomuch as in liftening to attain found afar off, men hold their breath of fear all fignification Lat. So thaken as we are, fo wan with care admonition A'FFABLE. adj. [affable, Fr. afiabilss 1. At a great diftance affability by an affability of addrefs See Far Tho oblige them tendernefs, care, and watchfulne(s, muft be exTaylor prefled towards children It is impofiible for a publick minifter to be f open and eafy to all his old friends, as he was i his private condition ; but this may be helped ou Quincy that rattles upon fhaking AFra'r. adv. [from a for az, and far. afar off, an vary t that he did not enough confider the value of th obligation, or the merit of the perfon Clarend All inftances of charity, fweetnefs of converfa ed of quickfilver and fulphur, groun together in a marble mortar to a blac as hav Shake[peare flowing courtefy and affubi lity to all men, and fo defirou affection affeltum, Liat. 1. Toa& upon ; to proluce effe@ts in an other thing Her wond'rous qualities, and mild behaviour He was ofa2 mof This is only the antiquated word fo ufed of To AFFE'CT Her affability and bafhful modefty fo called, from its dark colour, preparSuc It is commonl Hearing of her beauty and her wit A'sromancy. 7 /. [ang and pdslic, Gr. The art of divining by the air. - Dié& AErO'METRY. 2./, [&np and udgéw.] Th Dig art of meafuring the air Agro'scory. 7. /. [ang and ouénle, Gr. Dig The obfervation of the air A THIOPS-MINERAL. #./. A medicin powder o manners ; courteoufnefs ; civility ; con Cowell asy®-, Gr. in other birds AEr0OLOGY. 7. /o [o'mg an The do&rine of the air A Shakefp. Macbeth 2. /. [from the verb affect. And watch'd my eye, preventing my command ‘Thefe often carry th Prior humour o far, till thei afffected coldnefs and indifference quite kills all th fondnefs of a lover. Addifon, Spectator, N© 171 Cogquet and coy at once her air Both ftudied, though both feem neglected Carelefs fhe is with artful care Affefting to feem unaffeéted The confcious hufband, who Congreve like {fymptom {eize Affe@ion; paffion ; fenfation It feemeth that as the feet have a fympath with the head, fo ths wrifts have a f{ympath with the heart; we fee the gffé?s and paflions o the heart and fpirits ‘are notably difclofed by th Charges on_ her the guilt of their difeafe Affetiing fary, ats a madman's part He'll rip the fatal fecret from her heart. Granville Bacon's Natural Hiffory, N° g7 7. To imitate in an. unnatural and conftrained manner I find it difficult to make out one fingle ulcer Spenfer, in affec?ing the ancients, writ no language ; yet I would have him read for his matter Wifeman Ben Fonfon's. Difcovedties pulfe 2. Quality ; circumftance as authors defcribe it, withowt other fymptoms o affects joined £0it but as Virgil read Epnius 8. T |