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AFFA'IR, n. [L. facere. The primary sense of facio is to urge, drive, impel.] 1....
AF'FABLY, adv. In an affable manner; courteously; invitingly.
AF'FABLENESS, n. Affability.
AF'FABLE, a. [L. affabilis, of ad and fabulor. See Fable .] 1. Easy of conversat...
AFFABIL'ITY, n. [See Affable .] The quality of being affable; readiness to conve...
AF'FA, n. A weight used on the Guinea coast, equal to an ounce. The half of it i...
AFE'ARD, a. Afeard is the participle passive. See Fear .] Afraid; affected with ...
AF'AR, adv. [a and far. See Far .] 1. At a distance in place; to or from a dista...
ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL, nobel of illustrious birth.
A'ERY-LIGHT, in Milton, light as air; used for airy light.
AEROSTA'TION, n. 1. Aerial navigation; the science of raising, suspending, and g...
AEROSTAT'IC, a. Suspending in air; pertaining to the art of aerial navigation.
A'EROSTAT, n. [Gr. sustaining, from to stand.] A machine or vessel sustaining we...
AEROS'COPY, n. [Gr to see.] The observation of the air. [Little used.]
A'ERONAUTISM, n. The practice of ascending and floating in the atmosphere, in ba...
AERONAUT'ICS, n. The doctrine, science, or art of sailing in the air, by means o...