▪ I. affectionate, a.
(əˈfɛkʃənət)
formerly also pple.
[Latinized adaptation of Fr. affectionné pple. and adj., on analogy of orné, ornate, déterminé, determinate, etc. See -ate2. Parallel forms are affection -ed with the Eng. ppl. ending, and affectionated with that ending added, as in nominate, nominated, separate, separated.]
† I. = Pa. pple. of affection v. Cf. Fr. affectionné. Held in affection, beloved. Obs. rare.
| 1494 Fabyan vii. 675 (1811) Another of the affeccionat seruantes of kyng Lowys..and thus two of the derest beloued seruantes. |
II. adj. Possessed of affection. Cf. affectioned.
† 1. Mentally affected, disposed, inclined. Obs.
| 1533 More Answ. to Poysoned Bk. Wks. 1557, 1053/2 Heare howe Christes audience..wer affeccionate to this euerlasting liuely bred. a 1535 ― Wks. 584 (R.) The wille as it happeth..at the time to be well or euill affectionate. 1540 Whittinton Tully's Offyces iii. 121 If we shall be so affectionate that euery man shall spoyle and robbe..an other man. 1657 Penit. Conf. ix. 282 Thus stood St. Paul affectionate unto the Corinthians. |
† 2. Unduly affected, biased, prejudiced, partial. Obs.
| 1530 Palsgr. 328/2 Upright, indifferent bytwene party and party, and not affectionate. 1553–87 Foxe A. & M. 865 b, Judges not indifferent but very much affectionate against me. 1589 Bp. Cooper Admon 129 It is but an affectionate iudgement of some, when they impute the onelie cause to be in bishops. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. xliv. 358 Subiect to the censures of euery affectionate and malignant reporter. |
† 3. Passionate, wilful, self-willed, headstrong, obstinate. Obs.
| 1542 Udall tr. Erasm. Apophth. (1874) 35 Affeccionate appetites, perturbyng and corruptyng, the tranquilitee of the mynde. 1548 Hall Chron. (1809) 774 He..was not pityful, and stode affectionate in his owne opinion. 1554 Knox Faythfull Admon. E iv, The vsurped gouernment of an affectionate woman is a rage without reason. 1600 Holland Livy xxvi. ii. 583/3 The inconsiderate wils of rash affectionate souldiours. 1726 Penn Tracts in Wks. I. 478 The affectionate Passions, and voluntary Humilities, of a Sort of People, whose Judgment goes always in the rear of their Affections. |
† 4. Eager, ambitious, earnest. Obs.
| 1598 Florio, Zelatore, a iealous affectionate man. 1605 Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. vii. §2 (1873) I am..zealous and affectionate to recede as little from antiquity. 1654 Marvell Corr. Let. 2 Wks. 1875 II. 12, I have an affectionate curiosity to know. 1705 Stanhope Paraphr. III. 424 No Man is more affectionate in pressing a good Life than this Apostle. 1750 Johnson Rambler No. 87 ¶5 Their labours, however zealous or affectionate, are frequently useless. |
† 5. a. Well affected, kindly inclined, favourable (to a proposal or thing). Obs.
| 1543 State Pap. Hen. VIII, I. 754, I am thought affectionate to these parties here. 1622 Bacon Hen. VII, 50 They being affectionate unto the quarrell of Britaine. 1647 May Hist. Parl. ii. vi. 104 The Trained Bands were..so affectionate to that cause. 1761 Hume Hist. Eng. I. xv. 370 Tournay..containing above sixty thousand inhabitants who were affectionate to the French government. |
b. quasi-n. A well-affected person, a favourer. rare.
| 1628 Earle Microcosm. lvi. 122 Men esteem him for this a zealous affectionate, but they mistake him many times, for he does it but to be esteemed so. |
6. Of persons, animals: Having warm regard or love, loving, fond, tenderly-disposed.
| 1586 James VI in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 224 III. 22 Youre most loving and affectionat brother and Cousin James R. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. Ded. 1 This generall ioy of affectionate and loyall subjects. 1605 Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 276 Your (Wife, so I would say,) affectionate Seruant. Gonerill. 1769 Junius Lett. xxxv. 154 Your subjects..are affectionate enough to separate your person from your government. 1814 Southey Roderick viii. Wks. IX. 76 A gentle heart, a soul affectionate, A joyous spirit fill'd with generous thoughts. 1879 Geo. Eliot Theo. Such vi. 119 An affectionate-hearted creature. |
7. Of things: Expressing or indicating love or affection; tender.
| a 1586 Sidney (T.) Beholding this picture I know not with how affectionate countenance, but, I am sure, with a most affectionate mind. 1655 Digges Compl. Ambass. 144 To present his affectionate Commendations unto her Majestie. 1725 De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 158 The affectionate carriage of this poor woman to her infant. 1756 Burke Subl. & B. Wks. I. 236 The French and Italians make use of these affectionate diminutives even more than we. 1855 Prescott Philip II, i. iv. 74 Philip, taking an affectionate farewell..took the road to Dover. 1876 Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. IV. lxii. 238 Babli, by which affectionate-sounding diminutive is meant, etc. |
▪ II. † aˈffectionate, v. Obs.
[f. affectionate a., or latinized adaptation of Fr. affectionn-er on analogy of terminer, terminate, élever, elevate, etc. Cf. affection v., the direct adoption of the Fr. word.]
1. To have affection for, to regard with affection.
| c 1590 Greene Friar Bacon (1630) 42, I will reply, which or to whom my selfe affectionates. 1593 Tell-trothe's N. Yr's. Gift 30 If mens love be simplie good, women cannot but affectionate them. 1615 Heywood Foure Prentises i. 223 Whom..I do more affectionate. 1654 Ussher Ann. vii. (1658) 815 Honouring him that was dead, and greatly affectionating the widow Agrippina. |
2. refl. [after Fr. s'affectionner à = s'attacher.] To attach oneself.
| 1603 Florio Montaigne i. iv, Those who affectionate themselves to Monkies, and little Dogges. 1620 Shelton Quixote IV. xix. 153 He saw me, courted me, I gave ear to him, and..I affectionated myself to him. |