v. t. [ F. affranchir; &unr_; (L. ad) + franc free. See Franchise and Frank. ] To make free; to enfranchise. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. affranchissement. ] The act of making free; enfranchisement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Cf. It. affrappare, frappare, to cut, mince, F. frapper to strike. See Frap. ] To strike, or strike down. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ p. p. Affrayed. ] [ OE. afraien, affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace (akin to E. free). Cf. Afraid, Fray, Frith inclosure. ] [ Archaic ] 1. To startle from quiet; to alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smale foules a great heap
That had afrayed [ affrayed ] me out of my sleep. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. [ 1913 Webster ]

That voice doth us affray. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. afrai, affrai, OF. esfrei, F. effroi, fr. OF. esfreer. See Affray, v. t. ] 1. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Alarm; terror; fright. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. “In the very midst of the affray.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One engaged in an affray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Affray. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. ad- + freight: cf. F. affréter. See Freight. ] To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. affrétement. ] The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. affrettare to hasten, fretta haste. ] A furious onset or attack. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. affricatus, p. p. of affricare to rub against; af- = ad- + fricare to rub. ] (Phon.) A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. affricare to rub on. See Friction. ] The act of rubbing against. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Made friends; reconciled. [ Obs. ] “Deadly foes . . . affriended.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting. ] [ Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. āfyrhtan to terrify; ā- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright. ] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dreams affright our souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Affrighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With fright. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To frighten. [ Archaic ] “Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frightens. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

n. Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affronting. ] [ OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See Front. ] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

That he, as 't were by accident, may here
Affront Ophelia. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. [ 1913 Webster ]

How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter. ] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded
On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. [ 1913 Webster ]

Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Affront, Insult, Outrage. An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures. Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. affronté, p. p. ] (Her.) Face to face, or front to front; facing. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Shamelessly. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who receives an affront. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who affronts, or insults to the face. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an affronting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality that gives an affront or offense. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. [ OE. afrayed, affraide, p. p. of afraien to affray. See Affray, and cf. Afeard. ] Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive. [ Afraid comes after the noun it limits. ] “Back they recoiled, afraid.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word expresses a less degree of fear than terrified or frightened. It is followed by of before the object of fear, or by the infinitive, or by a dependent clause; as, to be afraid of death. “I am afraid to die.” “I am afraid he will chastise me.” “Be not afraid that I your hand should take.” Shak. I am afraid is sometimes used colloquially to soften a statement; as, I am afraid I can not help you in this matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fearful; timid; timorous; alarmed; anxious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Afrit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Arab. 'ifrīt. ] (Moham. Myth.) A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + fresh. ] Anew; again; once more; newly. [ 1913 Webster ]

They crucify . . . the Son of God afresh. Heb. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. African. -- n. Africa. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African. ] Of or pertaining to Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

African hemp, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India. --
African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta). --
African oak or
African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. [ 1913 Webster ]

African violet . --
African-American, see African-American. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry or their history or culture
Syn. -- Afro-American [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an American whose ancestors were born in Africa, especially a United States citizen of African descent.
Syn. -- Afro-American, African, black, negro [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a “colored” mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) same as African wild dog.
Syn. -- painted wolf, African hunting dog. [ PJC ]

n. A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans. “The knotty Africanisms . . . of the fathers.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [ Amer. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 (Zool.) a dog (Lycaon pictus) with mottled fur found in Africa, notable for the strong social structure of its family groups.
Syn. -- painted wolf, African hunting dog. [ PJC ]

n. 1. an American whose ancestors were born in Africa.
Syn. -- African-American, African. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry or their history or culture.
Syn. -- African-American. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples. Afro-Asian population [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.
Syn. -- genus Afrocarpus [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + front. ] In front; face to face. -- prep. In front of. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]