Aetosaurus (a"etosarus)

[NL., etc. Ex (eks), п. In zoöl., same as Aix. af-. A imilated form of Latin ad-, also an erroneous form of other prefixes, before f. See ad-. aface (a-fās'), prep. phr. as adv. [ afar (a-fär'), adv. [ IMG:content-0338.png:[ocr errors] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary afar The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary later for, far. Cf. anear.] 1. From far; from a distance: now usually preceded by from. He sawe a place afer [var. a feer ]. Wyclif, Gen. xxii. And from a fer came walking in the mede. Chaucer, Prol. to Good Women, 1. 212. Held from afar , aloft, the immortal prize. Pope , E ay on Criticism, 1. 90. 2. Far; far away; at or to a distance; remotely in place: now usually followed by off . A fer fro hem, alle be hem selue. Chaucer , House of Fame, 1. 1215. Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off . Gen. xxii. 4. The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar . Beattie , Minstrel, i. 1. The coronach stole Sometimes afar and sometimes anear. Tennyson, Dying Swan. [Shakspere uses afar off also in the sense of remotely in degree; indirectly. He that shall speak for her is afar off guilty, But that he speaks. Shak., W. T., ii. 1. Shak ., M. W. of W., i. 1.] A kind of tender made afar off by Sir Hugh here.