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Affection

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(1):

(n.) Prejudice; bias.

(2):

(n.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.

(3):

(n.) Passion; violent emotion.

(4):

(n.) Affectation.

(5):

(n.) The lively representation of any emotion.

(6):

(n.) The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

(7):

(n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; - often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.

(8):

(n.) Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.

(9):

(n.) An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Affection'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/affection.html. 1828.
 
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