AFFECTION
\ɐfˈɛkʃən], \ɐfˈɛkʃən], \ɐ_f_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of AFFECTION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
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Bent of 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.
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Prejudice; bias.
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Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
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The lively representation of any emotion.
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Passion; violent emotion.
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A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; - often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
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An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
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Bent of 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.
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Prejudice; bias.
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Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
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The lively representation of any emotion.
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Passion; violent emotion.
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A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; - often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of influencing, or state of being influenced; state of mind or body; disease.
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Strong and tender attachment; love.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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