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Show AEP AERP Avrra'rion nc a p a t i o f o 1. The a g f e u y w a f m a i courfe. I l v rat . /. [afflo, affatum, Lat. ‘The act of breathing upon any thing Dié n u y o n u f a t t l r n ll 1 th o o i v t t a n a S t i n from, h n t o e i n e b h e t i b c i p AFFLATUS. . f [Lat.] Communication of the power of prophecy Th poet writing againft his genius like a prophet without his affatus e l f v g i w e u r f o e g d Thof p d a n w b m n i a f o and afffuence t r g R r h o a nury i 90 AFFLI'CT. «. a. [afficto, affiicum Lat. 1. To put to pain; to grieve; to tor Let joy or eafe, let affluence or content And the gay confcience of a life well fpent ment Calm ev'ry thought, infpirit ev'ry grace It teacheth us how God thought fit to plagu and gf7i# them; it doth not appeint in wha form and manner we ought to punifh the fin o A'FFLUENT. adj. [affuent, Fx. affiucns Lat. 1. Flowing to any part "The lights burn blue=Is it not dead midnight Cold fearful drops ftand on my trembling flefh Shakefp. Rich. 1 Thefe parts are no more tha Give not over thy mind to heavinets, and affic fiot thyfelf in thine own counfel. Ecelus. xxX. 21 A father afflicted with untimely mourning, whe he hath made an image of his child foon take 2. Abundant ; exuberant ; wealthy I fee thee, Lord and end of my defire A melancholy tear afflicis my eye Loaded and bleft with all the afffuent ftore Which human vows at fmoking fhrines implore Prior Prior 2. The paffive to be affiicted, has often a before the caufal noun proper A'FFLUENTNESS. 7 /. [from afffuen. Dis The quality of being afluent A'rrrux. n /. [affluxus, Lat. 1. The a& of flowing to fome place; affluence 2, That which flows to another place &y is likewif The mother was {o affliéFed at the lofs of a fin boy, who was her only fon, that fhe died for grie of it Addifon, Speét ArFrri'cTEDNESS. 7. fi [from affidted. The ftate of afliion, or of being afflited 5 forrowfulnefs ; grief Th ArFrLICTER. 7 /. [from afiif.] Th « perfon that afiliéts Arrri'‘cTioN. #. [0 [affigtio, Lat. 1. The caufe of pain or forrow ; calamity. To the fleth, as the apoftle himfelf granteth all affliction is naturally grievous; therefore nature, whic caufeth fear teacheth to pray againf all adverfity Hookery be v. § 43 We'll bring you_ to one that you -have cozene of money ; I think to repay that money will be biting ajfliction 2. Th Shakefpeare ftat of forrowfulnefs mifery oppoled to joy or profperity 1107 \Great and majeftic in his griefs, like Cato Addifor's Cato Some virtues are only feen in aff/icion, and fom in profperity Addifon, Spectator, No 257 AFFLY CTIVE whic adj caufe menting [from affii. afflition Tha Reftlefs Proferpine ~On the fpacious land and liquid mai ¢ntig, Lat. . [afluence . a [affourrer afourra Jords grain 5 the trees afford fruits "Thi feems to be the primitive fignification 2. To grant, or confer any thing ; generally in a good fenfe and fometimes i a bad, but lefs properly So foon as Maurmon there arriv'd, the doo To him.did open, and afforded way ‘This is the confolatio Fuair Queen of all good méyn-,qimt whom his ubiquity affordeth continual comfort an fecurity 5 and this is the affliétion of hell, to who it affordetly defpair and remedilefs calamity Brown's Pulgar Errours 3. To be able to fell. It is ufed alway with reference to fome certain price as, I can afford this for lefs than the other "They fill their magazines in times of the greateft plenty, that fo they may afford cheaper, and increafe the public revenue at a fmall expence of it Spreads flow difeafe; and darts afffiétive pain A'FFLUENCE AFrO'RD 1. To yield or produce ; as, the foil af Soyth Philips An inflammation either fimple, confifting o an hot and fanguineous gffuxion, or elfe denominable from other humours, according unto th predominancy of melancholy, phlegm, or choler Brown's Vulgar Errours ger, Fr. ° human nature, yet not at all the lefs a duty "To winds, and ftorms, and jaws of fayage death Locke Arrru'xioN. . /. [afffuxio, Lat. 1. The a& of flowing to a particula place 2. That which flows from one place to another They found martyrdom a duty dreffed up indeed with all that was terrible and afflictive t Where to retire themfelves, or where appeaf Th' afffiftive keen defire of food, expos' be a fupply by pro pens to come to it painfal ; tor Nor can they fin hereof canno An animal that muft lie fill, receives the afffu " of colder or warmer, clean or foul water, as it hap heast to gether Affliction alters Shakelp. Winter's Tale Where fhall we find the man that bears afflic cauf creations5 ergo, it muft be by new ajfluxes t London out of the country Graunt The infant grows bigger out of the womb, b agglutinating one afflux of blood to another Harwey on Confumptions Befides you know Profperity's the very bond of love Whofe freth complexion, and whof Harwey on Confumptions body Wildom And my heart labours with a fudden figh foundation-pile of the enfuing body; which are afterwards to b increafed and raifed to a greater bulk, by th afffuent blood that is tranfmitted out of themother' away, now honoured him as a God, which wa then a dead man, and delivered to thofe that wer under him ceremonies and facrifices Pope. Jluence O coward confcience, how doft thou afffict me War A s The fame errours run through all fam where there is wealth enough to afford th fons may be good for nothing Sift on Modern Educatipy Prior Fr, -affiu members Addifon on Ttaly . 4. 'To be able to hear expences ; as, #ra afforefbed many woods and waftes, to the grigyan of the fubjeét, which by that law were difatfo refted Sir Fobn Dawies on Irelg /i 7 ArroresTA'TION . /o The fame with / Arrrusncy Hookery b v § 17 idolatry in others " ders can afford more fifiey:lfi‘.fl@ a. [afforeftare AF 7 O' ES t a w o a r f e c r o c 2. Exubera turn ground into foreft T t e p It appeareth, by Charta de Forefla, t will b Spence on the Ody/fey AF Th [from aforep charter de Forefla was to refor in the time of Richard mad croachment Henry 11 who had made new a;‘fl'org[}qfia much extended the rigour of the foreft laws, Huale's Common Lay of E)jg[ég 7o AFFRA'NCHISE. v.a. [affrancher, Fr, T'o make free To AFFRA'Y. w. a. [effrayer, ot efrige Fr. which Menage derives from fragep from frigus.] T it come perhap fright ; to terrify ; to ftrike with fear This word 1s not now in ufe The fame to wight he never would difclofe But when as monfters huge he would difmay i Or daunt unequal armies of his foes Or when the flying heavens he would affray, Fairy £ weett Arrra'y #. /. [flom or AFFRA'YMENT the verb. 1. A tumultuous aflault of one or mor perfons upon others; a law term. e battle : in this {enfe it is written fray 2. Tumult ; confufion: out of ufe Let the night be calm and quietfome Without tempeftuous ftorms or fad affray. Spenfer Arrri'cTiON 7. [affriftio, Lat. ? The a&t of rubbing one thing upon another I have divers times obferved in wearing filver hilted fwords, that, if they rubbed upon m cloaths, if they were of a light-coloured cloth the affriction would quickly blacken them; andy congruoufly hereunto, I have found pens blacke almoit all over whe I had a while carried the about me in a filver cafe Boyles 7o AFFRI'GHT. v. a. [See Frieur: 1. To affeét with fear; to terrify. Itgenerally implies a fudden impreflio of fear Thy name affrights me, in whofe found is death Shakefpeare's Henry V1 Godlike his courage feem'd, whom nor deligh Could foften, nor the faceof death affright. Waller He, when his country (threaten'd with alatm Requires his courage and his conq'ring arm Shall more than once thePunic bands affright Dryden's Aneid z. Tt is ufed in the paflive, fometimes wit at before the thing feared Thou fhalt not be affrighte at them: for the Lord thy God is among you Deuts viio 21 3. Sometimes with the particle awith be fore the thing feared As one affrigh With hellith fiends, or furies mad dproar He then uprofe Fairy Queen, b. iis caiite 5 Arrr1'GHT 7. /. [from the verb. 1. Terrour; fear Does fhe g cloathed with cloudy night to hi affright This word is chiefl . . poetical As the moon that walk in fear and f Fairy Queen Wide was his parifh, not contralted clof In fireets, but here and there a ftraggling houfe Yet ftill he was at hand, without requeft To ferve the fick, to fu¢cour the diftrefs'd Tempting on foot alone without afiig"bf The dangers of a dark tempeftuous nights © Dryden's Fuables 3. Th |