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The act of affeering. Blackstone.

One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.

Of the nature of affinity. -- Af*fin"i*ta*tive*ly, adv.

nerally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Sir G. C. Lewis.

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

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act. This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law. Bacon.

One who affirms of taking an oath.

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

Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.

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.

The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

A breath or blast of wind.

The state of being afflicted; affliction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. To repay that money will be a biting affliction. Shak.

A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx. The affluence of young nobles from hence into Spain. Wotton. There is an unusual affluence of strangers this year. Carlyle.