affaiten, afaiten, afaty

t. [A.N. In Fr. affaiter (a term in falconry) = to tame, to domesticate a bird of prey; O. Fr. afaiter, afaitier = to prepare, to dispose: akin to affecter ( Littré ).] 1. To prepare, to make ready. "His cookes ben for hym affaited."-Gower, ed. 1532, f. 130. IMG:content-0232.png:[blocks in formation] "It afaiteth the flesh From folles ful man ye." Piers Ploughman , p. 291. "As soon as somer come to Yrland he gan wende Vor to afaty that lond, and to wynne ech ende." Rob . Glouc ., p. 179.