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Christ, considered as an intercessor. We have an Advocate with the Father. 1 John ii. 1. Faculty of advocates (Scot.), the Scottish bar in Edinburgh. -- Lord advocate (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. -- Judge advocate. See under Judge.

Kindly inclined; zealous. [Obs.] Johson. Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat.

iance in the divine love. Sir J. Stephen. Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance. Tennyson.

Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] "All affined and kin." Shak.

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope. Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior.

To make free; to enfranchise. Johnson.

The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson.

To, in, or on the field. "We drove afield." Milton. How jocund did they drive their team afield! Gray.

Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14.

Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds. Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen of life. Landor.

to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated by various passions. Johnson.

Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. With cries and agonies of wild delight. Pope.

A thoughtless, gay person. [Obs.] "Slight airlings." B. Jonson.

See Ajouan.

Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." Cowper. The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey.

Brisk; joyously active; lively. 'T were well if we were a little more alacrious. Hammond.

A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. Shak.

rming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1.

The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.] Johnson.