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Meaning of AFFINED

Pronunciation:  u'fInd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  closely related; "syllable to blessed syllable affined"- Wallace Stevens
 
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 Synonyms: connected
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Af*fined"\, a. [OF. afin['e] related, p. p., fr. LL.
affinare to join, fr. L. affinis neighboring, related to; ad
+ finis boundary, limit.]
Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] ``All affined and
kin.'' --Shak.
 

 

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