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To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains. The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made him tear himself, and so mastered him. L'Estrange.

Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.

To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. Harvey.

Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat.

Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak. -- Ul"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Ul"cer*ous*ness, n.

Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced. A poor, cold, unspirited, unmannered, Unhonest, unaffected, undone fool. J. Fletcher.

Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection.

Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections." Perkins. -- Un*clean"ly, adv. -- Un*clean"ness, n. Unclean animals (Script.), those which the Israelites were forbidden to use for food. -- Unclean spirit (Script.), a wicked spirit; a demon. Mark i. 27.

Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one. [Obs.] Addison.

Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection. Shak.

nomena of refraction, polarization, interference, etc., are attributable to the different affections of these undulations in different circumstances of propagation. It is computed that the frequency of the undulations corresponding to the several colors of the spectrum ranges from 458 millions of millions per second fo…

etach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.

Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.

Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.

l bond, as families by marriage, nations by treaty, men by opinions; to join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach. Under his great vicegerent reign abide, United as one individual soul. Milton. The king proposed nothing more than to unite his kingdom…

Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. "Anointed universal King." Milton. The universal cause Acts not by partial, but by genera…

One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions. [Obs.] Bentley.

To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably. [Obs.] Why do I send this rustic madrigal, That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite Spenser.

Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.

Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.