affliction (aflikshon)

[ To visit the fatherle and widows in their afliction. Jas. i. 27. He kindly tooke us all by the hand, and made signes that he should see us no more, which made us take our leave of him with extreame reluctancy and affliction for the accident. Evelyn , Diary, March 23, 1646. 2. A cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickne , lo , calamity, adversity, persecution, etc. Many are the afflictions of the righteous. Ps. xxxiv. 19. =Syn. 1. Affliction, Grief, Sorrow, Sadne , Distre , Mis ery, Wretchedne , pain. Afliction is acute, continued suffering caused by lo or its consequences. That is an affliction which is a severe deprivation or lo , as of health, limbs, faculties, friends, or the property nece ary to support; not temporary ailments, nor lo es easily borne or repaired. Grief is mental suffering too violent to be long continued, and therefore subsiding into sorrow or sadne ; it is always in view of something recently past. Affliction is a personal matter; grief may be over another's woe. Sorrow , though more quiet, may be long continued or permanent (as, a lifelong sorrow ), and may be in view of the past, present, or future; it may be active peni tence for wrong-doing, as sorrow for sin, or it may be wholly sympathetic. Sadne is a feeling of dejection or inability to be cheerful, the cause being not always a matter of consciousne ; it is primarily personal, and is of various degrees of depth and permanence. Distre is extreme adversity, and, subjectively, the corresponding state of mind; it is the agitation appropriate to circumstances well-nigh desperate. It be wholly sympathetic, as the distre caused by calamity to another, and it may imply a struggle. The first five words may be freely used for either cause or effect; misery and wretched ne denote generally only the effect, that is, the state of feeling. Misery great and unremitting pain of body or mind, unhappine that crushes the spirit. Wretchedne is sometimes almost identical with misery, and sometimes goes beyond it, even to abjectne . See calamity. The furnace of affliction refines us from earthly dro i ne , and softens us for the impre ion of God's own stamp. Boyle . Indeed the violence and impre ion of an exce ive grief must of nece ity astonish the soul, and wholly deprive her of her ordinary functions. Cotton, tr. of Montaigne (3d ed.), ii, Carlyle , Frederick the Great, III. viii. 37. 2. Figuratively, an abundant supply, as of thoughts, words, etc.; a profusion, as of riches; hence, abundance of material goods; wealth. Few scholars have manifested so much independence and affluence of thought, in connection with so rich and varied an amount of knowledge. afforest ment force, compel; ... The remedy for insufficient "governance" was sought.. in admitting the houses of Parliament to a greater share of influence in executive matters, in the afforcing or amending of the council, and in the pa ing of reforming statutes. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 695. 3. Reflexively, to exert one's self; endeavor; attempt. afforcement (a-fors'ment), n. [ IMG:content-0352.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A fortre ; a fortification. Bailey . afford (a-ford'), v . t . [Spelled aff- as if of L. origin, but prop. with one f ; early mod. E. af- ford , affoard , affoord, afoord , a for then , i for then, ivorthen, ivorthen, earlier iforthien , zeforthian, geforthian , further, advance, promote, accomplish, perform, ge- + forth i an , further, advance, promote, perform, forth , forth, for- ward: see a -6, ge- , and forth ; cf. further , v.] 1t. To promote; further; forward; carry out; accomplish; achieve; manage. And here and there as that my litille wit A for the may, eek think I translate hit. IMG:content-0353.png:[blocks in formation] =Syn. 2. Wealth , Riches , etc. (see opulence ); exuberance, profusion, overflow; fortune, prosperity, ample means. affluency (af'lö-en-si), n . An abundant flow or supply; affluence. [Rare.] There may be certain channels running from the head to this little instrument of loquacity [a woman's tongue), and conveying into it a perpetual affluency of animal spirits. Add is on , Spectator, No. 247.