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Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia.

Sensuous perception. [R.] Ruskin.

Of or Pertaining to æsthetics; versed in æsthetics; as, æsthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc. -- Æs*thet"ic*al*ly, adv.

Pertaining to ætiology; assigning a cause. -- Æ`ti*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] Spenser.

Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional. Rogers.

One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

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

to attach physically. Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. Ray.

The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Blackstone.

en and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith.

Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

Of or pertaining to Africa. African hemp, a fiber prerared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India. -- African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta). -- African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet…

Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life. Marshall.

Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).

A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.

Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. "After- wit comes too late when the mischief is done." L'Estrange.