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Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.

ural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. Addison. Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background. J. C. Shairp.

Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn

ly of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne.

Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.

the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety. It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. I. Taylor.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.

tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies. -- Gum elastic, caoutchouc.

To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.

An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.

Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.

To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.

To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.

The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton. You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.

Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.

To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion. [Obs.] Those sights empassion me full near. Spenser.

Strongly affected. [Obs.] The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. Spenser.

An opposite passion or affection. Sir W. Hamilton.

With affection or endearment; dearly.