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use 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.

f mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc. ; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant st…

Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] "All affined and kin." Shak.

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

the 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.

lds mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.

That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth

Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper.

Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.

The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate. Mozley & W.

disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.