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

The act of flowing towards; afflux. Sir T. Browne.

ford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone.

The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.]

tartle from quiet; to alarm. Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep. Chaucer.

To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.

The act of rubbing against. [Obs.]

The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson.

Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [Archaic] Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke.

To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; 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.

Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South.

The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] Bailey.

The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism. Specifically: (Med)

Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

Out of the way; astray. Why should he wander afield at the age of fifty-five! Trollope.

American Federation of Labor.