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