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That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. "A talent for affairs." Prescott.

ards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.

That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.

Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

hey did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. Exod. i. 11. That which was the worst now least afflicts me. Milton.

Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches. Language . . . affluent in expression. H. Reed. Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. Prior.

A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. Hamilton. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. Wordswor…

Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison.

Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland.

The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.

A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

ame from Damascus. 2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).