affatuatet (afatuat)

t. [L. as if aff a tuatus, pp. of * affatuari, They. are so much affatuated , not with his person only, but with his palpable faults, and dote upon his deformities. Milton , Pref. to Eikon ok las tes. You'll see a hundred you sand spell-bound hearts By art of witchcraft so affatuate , That for his love they'd dre themselves in dowlas And fight with men of steel. Sir H. Taylor , Ph. van Art., II., v. 2. affearlt, v. t. Same as afear. affear2t, v. t. Obsolete form of affeer. affect1 (a-fekt'), v. [ IMG:content-0343.png:[blocks in formation] The peculiar costume which he affected . Thackeray, New comes, I. 126. ( N. E. D. ) Newton , Opticks. The drops of every fluid affect a round figure. 3. To be pleased with; take pleasure in; fancy; like; love. No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en;- In brief, sir, study what you most affect. Shak., T. of the S., i. 1. They [the Koreans] more particularly affect the flowering shrubs, to a comparative neglect of the annuals. Science, V. 252. Maria once told me, she did affect me. Shak ., T. N., ii. 5. With two of them at once I am in love Deeply and equally; the third of them My silly brother here as much affects . Chapman, The Blind Beggar. 4. To make a show of; put on a pretense of; a ume the appearance of; pretend; feign: as, to affect ignorance. I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated. Emerson, Self-reliance. 5. To use as a model; imitate in any way. Spenser, in affecting the ancients, writ no language. B. Jonson, Discoveries. Nor can he, however laudatory of the masters he af fected in youth, look upon other modern poets except with the complacency felt by one who listens to a stranger's rude handling of the native tongue. Stedman, Vict. Poets, p. 402. 6t. To resemble; smack of. He hath a trick of Cœur-de-Lion's face; The accent of his tongue affect eth him. Shak., K. John, i. 1. II.t in trans. 1. To incline; be disposed.2. To make a show; put on airs; manifest affectation.