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▪ 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.
1494Fabyan 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.
1533More Answ. to Poysoned Bk. Wks. 1557, 1053/2 Heare howe Christes audience..wer affeccionate to this euerlasting liuely bred. a1535― Wks. 584 (R.) The wille as it happeth..at the time to be well or euill affectionate. 1540Whittinton Tully's Offyces iii. 121 If we shall be so affectionate that euery man shall spoyle and robbe..an other man. 1657Penit. Conf. ix. 282 Thus stood St. Paul affectionate unto the Corinthians.
†2. Unduly affected, biased, prejudiced, partial. Obs.
1530Palsgr. 328/2 Upright, indifferent bytwene party and party, and not affectionate. 1553–87Foxe A. & M. 865 b, Judges not indifferent but very much affectionate against me. 1589Bp. Cooper Admon 129 It is but an affectionate iudgement of some, when they impute the onelie cause to be in bishops. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. xliv. 358 Subiect to the censures of euery affectionate and malignant reporter.
†3. Passionate, wilful, self-willed, headstrong, obstinate. Obs.
1542Udall tr. Erasm. Apophth. (1874) 35 Affeccionate appetites, perturbyng and corruptyng, the tranquilitee of the mynde. 1548Hall Chron. (1809) 774 He..was not pityful, and stode affectionate in his owne opinion. 1554Knox Faythfull Admon. E iv, The vsurped gouernment of an affectionate woman is a rage without reason. 1600Holland Livy xxvi. ii. 583/3 The inconsiderate wils of rash affectionate souldiours. 1726Penn 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.
1598Florio, Zelatore, a iealous affectionate man. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. vii. §2 (1873) I am..zealous and affectionate to recede as little from antiquity. 1654Marvell Corr. Let. 2 Wks. 1875 II. 12, I have an affectionate curiosity to know. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. III. 424 No Man is more affectionate in pressing a good Life than this Apostle. 1750Johnson 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.
1543State Pap. Hen. VIII, I. 754, I am thought affectionate to these parties here. 1622Bacon Hen. VII, 50 They being affectionate unto the quarrell of Britaine. 1647May Hist. Parl. ii. vi. 104 The Trained Bands were..so affectionate to that cause. 1761Hume 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.
1628Earle 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.
1586James VI in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 224 III. 22 Youre most loving and affectionat brother and Cousin James R. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. Ded. 1 This generall ioy of affectionate and loyall subjects. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 276 Your (Wife, so I would say,) affectionate Seruant. Gonerill. 1769Junius Lett. xxxv. 154 Your subjects..are affectionate enough to separate your person from your government. 1814Southey Roderick viii. Wks. IX. 76 A gentle heart, a soul affectionate, A joyous spirit fill'd with generous thoughts. 1879Geo. Eliot Theo. Such vi. 119 An affectionate-hearted creature.
7. Of things: Expressing or indicating love or affection; tender.
a1586Sidney (T.) Beholding this picture I know not with how affectionate countenance, but, I am sure, with a most affectionate mind. 1655Digges Compl. Ambass. 144 To present his affectionate Commendations unto her Majestie. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 158 The affectionate carriage of this poor woman to her infant. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Wks. I. 236 The French and Italians make use of these affectionate diminutives even more than we. 1855Prescott Philip II, i. iv. 74 Philip, taking an affectionate farewell..took the road to Dover. 1876Geo. 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.
c1590Greene Friar Bacon (1630) 42, I will reply, which or to whom my selfe affectionates. 1593Tell-trothe's N. Yr's. Gift 30 If mens love be simplie good, women cannot but affectionate them. 1615Heywood Foure Prentises i. 223 Whom..I do more affectionate. 1654Ussher 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.
1603Florio Montaigne i. iv, Those who affectionate themselves to Monkies, and little Dogges. 1620Shelton Quixote IV. xix. 153 He saw me, courted me, I gave ear to him, and..I affectionated myself to him. |