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i. [A.N. afferer = to belong.] To belong to, to pertain to, to be a distinguishing mark or characteristic of. "He was then buryed at Winchester in royall wise, As to suche a prince of reason should affere ." Hardyng: Chron., p. 106. *af-fere' ( Eng .), af-fër, a-feir, ef-feir, ef-fëre' ( all Scotch ). [AFFAIR.] 1. Busine affairs. ( Scotch .) "Quhen the king had left the spering, Hys charge to the gud king tauld he And he said he wad blythly se Hys brothyr, and se the affer Off that cuntre, and of thar wer." Barbour, xvi. 27, MS. (Jamie son.) 2. Warlike preparation, equipment for war. ( Scotch .) "Erll Patrik, with xx. you sand, but lett Befor Dunbar a stalwart sage he sett The told Wallace off Patrikis gret affer ." Wallace, viii. 166, MS . (Jamie son.) 3. Appearance, show. (Scotch.) "But off thair noble gret affer Thair service, na thair realté Ye sall her na thing now for me." Barbour , ii. 182, MS. (Jamie son.) 4. Countenance, demeanour, deportment. (Eng. & Scotch .) "That fre answered with fayr afeir And said, Schir, mercie for your nercie for your inycht. Thus man I bow and arrow is bear." Murning Maiden. (Maitland Poems , p. 207.)