offectionate

[In Ital. affezzionato.] A. Of persons: 1. Of a loving disposition, tending to love, amorous. "Frugal, affectionate , sober, and withal Keenly industrious." Words worth: Excursion , bk. 1. "From his epistles it appears that St. Paul was a man of warm feelings and of affectionate disposition." -Duke of Somerset: Christian Theology . 2. Inspired with intense and loving veneration for. "Man, in his love to God and desire to please Him, can never be too affectionate ."-Sprat. 13. Strongly in favour of. (Followed by to .) "As for the Parliament, it presently took fire; being afectionute affectionate of old to the war of France."- Bacon : Henry VII. *4. Affected. "Wise rather than affectionate and singular."Brooks: Works , 1. 226. *5. Angry, impetuous. B. Of things: Indicating or expre ing love. in his speech, a ured them in gracious and affectionate language " -Macaulay : Hist . Eng., ch. xxxv. *af-fec-tion-ate, vt . [From the adjective.] To inspire with love to; to dispose or incline to. (Generally in pa ive voice, and specially in past participle.) "Be kindly affection a ted one to another."- New Testament, Cambridge (1683). *af-fec'-tion-a-ted, pa. par. & a. [AFFECΤΙΟΝΑΤΕ, ν. ] *af-fec'-tion-ate-ly, adv. [AFFECTIONATE. ] In an affectionate manner. "So, being affectionately desirous of you.."1 The , ii. 8.