Affluxion

The act of flowing to a particular place; that which flows from one place to another; as, an af fluzion of blood from the heart to the head. - Sometimes also employed as aflux. Affoga'dos, a village of Brazil, prov. of Pernambuco, 31 miles S. of the town of this name, with a harbor suitable for large ve els. Trade , cotton and sugar. Pop . 1000. Afford', v. a. [Lat. ad , to, and forum , market.] To bring to market, or to bring forward in court. Hence, generally, to produce according both to moral and natural productions; as, the sun affords light, the sea affords fish, the fields corn; a well-spent life affords peace at the last. To produce, confer, expand in proportion to one's means and resources; as, to afford relief or consolation; to afford opportunity, . - To be able to bear, to part with, or to dispose of; as, I cannot afford to buy it. Affor'est, v. a. [From L. Lat. afforesto.] ( Law.) To turn ground into a forest. Affranchise, v . a . [Fr. affranchir .] To make free; to enfranchise. Applied to individuals and boroughs. Affranchisement, n. [Fr. affranchi ement.] The act of making free; enfranchisement. - See EMANCIPATION, and SLAVERY. 2