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Affair definition: An object or a contrivance. Origin of Affair Middle English affaire from Old French afaire from a faire to do a to (from Latin ad ad-) faire to do (from Latin facere dhē-in Indo-European roots) . From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a-+ faire ("to do"); Latin ad- + facere ...
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affeard
▪ I. affear, affeard variants of afear, afeard.▪ II. affear variant of affere v. Obs., to apportion.
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affeir
† affeir, affere, v. north. dial. [a. OFr. afer-ir, affer-ir, to belong, pertain; impers. afiert it belongs, behoves; (Pr. afferir):—late L. *afferīre, f. ad to + ferīre to strike, fig. to reach, affect. Though common in Anglo-Fr., aferir seems to have been adopted only in north. Eng. and Sc., where...
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affeer
affeer, v. (əˈfɪə(r)) Also 5 affure, 6 affer, 7 affear. [a. OFr. afeure-r, affeure-r (Anglo-Fr. afere-r, affere-r), earlier aforer (Sp. aforar):—late L. afforā-re to fix the price, or market-value, f. ad to + forum market, in late L. also ‘market-price’.] 1. To fix or settle the amount of an amercem...
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affeeror
affeeror (əˈfɪəə(r)) Also 5 affurer, 6–7 afferour, 7 affearer. [a. OFr. affeureur, aforeur (Anglo-Fr. *affereur, -our):—late L. afforātōr-em, n. of agent f. afforā-re: see affeer.] He that affeers.1467 Ordin. Worc. in E.E. Gilds 395 Affurers of good name. 1523 Fitzherbert Surveying 21 The othe of af...
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effeir
▪ I. † eˈffeir, n. Obs. or arch. Also 4–5 effer(e, 6 effeer, -air. [Sc. var. of affair, q.v.] 1. = affair 1; a ‘cause’.1375 Barbour Bruce x. 305 He sped him to the were, Till help his Eym and his effere. 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. lxviii, For greit effeir me thocht na pane to die. a 1605 Montgomerie ...
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▪ I. † feir Obs. Sc. Also 4–6 fere, 5, 7 feare, 6 fier. [aphet. f. effeir.] Appearance, demeanour, look, show; = affere (affair 6), effeir n. 2.c 1440 Gaw. & Gol. xiii, He wes ladlike of lait, and light of his fere. c 1470 Henry Wallace ix. 101 Tell me his feyr, and how I sall him knaw. c 1500 Felon...
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affair (əˈfɛə(r)) Forms: 3–4 afer(e, 4–5 affer(e, 5–7 affayre, 6–7 affaire, 7– affair. North. 6 effere, effaire. [a. OFr. afaire, afeire, afere, originally infinitive phrase à faire to do. Cf. the Eng. a-do, the history of which is parallel to that of à faire in Fr. All the earlier instances of affa...
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