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A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.

Like, or from, the air; in an aërial manner. "A murmur heard aërially." Tennyson.

The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.

science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.

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.

se or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually. For he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for Shak. Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great. Hazlitt.

d, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house. Tennyson.

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.

assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny. Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Acts xxv. 19.

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker.

he negative. Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. Dryden.

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.

Anything given as a help; bestowal. [Obs.]

The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [Obs.]

to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius Addison.

To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.

In any other place. [Archaic] Bacon.

A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.