5. Assume, feign, arrogate, put on, make a show of, pretend to.

Affectation, n. Pretension, airs, affectedness, mannerism, assumed manners, affected manner.

Affected, a. 1. Assumed, feigned, unnatural, artificial, insincere, canting.

2. Assuming, pretending, pretentious, conceited, vain, coxcomical, priggish.

Affectedness, n. Affectation.

Affecting, a. Moving, touching, pathetic, impressive.

Affection, n. 1. Feeling, passion, inclination, propensity, bent, bias, turn of mind, cast or frame of mind.

2. Attribute, quality, property, accident, modification, mode.

3. Love, heart, attachment, kindness, partiality, fondness, liking, tenderness, endearment, regard, good-will, tender passion.

4. (Med.) Disorder, malady, disease.

Affectionate, a. Loving, fond, attached, devoted, warm, tender, kind, sympathetic, tender-hearted, warm-hearted.

Affiance, v. a. Betroth, engage.

Affidavit, n. Testimony (in writing, signed and sworn to before a magistrate, but given without cross-examination), evidence, deposition.

Affiliate, v. a. 1. Adopt, treat as one's own child.

2. Connect, associate, unite, join, bring into close relation.

Affinity, n. 1. Relationship (by marriage), kin, consanguinity, propinquity.

2. Resemblance, likeness, relation, correlation, analogy, connection, similarity, similitude, parallelism, correspondence, parity, sympathy.

3. (Chem.) Attraction.

Affirm, v. a. 1. Declare, aver, assert, maintain, asseverate, avouch, vouch, allege, say, profess, protest, pronounce, predicate.

2. Confirm, ratify, approve, establish.

Affirm, v. n. Assert, declare, aver, say, state, swear, testify, depose, bear witness.

Affirmable, a. Predicable.

Affirmation, n. Assertion, declaration, asseveration, word, averment, protestation, avowal, predication, testimony, deposition.

Affirmative, a. 1. That affirms.

2. Indicative.

3. (Alg.) Positive, not negative.

Affix, v. a. Join, subjoin, annex, attach, connect, set to, unite to the end.

Affix, n. Postfix, suffix.

Afflatus, n. Inspiration, supernatural influence.

Afflict, v. a. Grieve, distress, trouble, torment, agonize, plague, pain, hurt, harass, wound, exercise, grind, persecute, smite, make sorrowful.

Afflicting, a. Grievous, painful, distressing, calamitous, disastrous, afflictive, sad, unhappy, unfortunate, unlucky, wretched, dire, deplorable, sore, woful, severe, hard, trying, hard to bear.

Affliction, n. 1. Calamity, adversity, misfortune, disaster, visitation, stroke, reverse, reverse of fortune.

2. Grief, sorrow, distress, woe, tribulation, trial, plague, scourge, trouble, heartache, bitterness, misery, wretchedness, gripe, griping, broken heart, heavy heart.

Afflictive, a. Afflicting.

Affluence, n. Wealth, riches, opulence, fortune, plenty, abundance, exuberance, ample store, ample means.

Affluent, a. 1. Abundant, exuberant.

2. Opulent, wealthy, rich, moneyed.

Afford, v. a. 1. Supply, furnish, yield, produce.

2. Confer, impart, grant, bestow, offer, lend, give, communicate, spare.

3. Bear the cost or expense of.

Affray, n. Brawl (in a public place), quarrel, feud, squabble, wrangle, contest, altercation, strife, row, fray, broil, fight, mélée, tumult, disturbance, outbreak, rumpus, breach of the peace.

Affright, v. a. Frighten, terrify, alarm, scare, daunt, appall, dismay, fright, intimidate, startle, overawe, put in fear.

Affright, n. Terror, fear, fright, alarm, dismay, consternation, panic.

Affront, v. a. 1. Insult, abuse, outrage.

2. Offend, displease, irritate, provoke, chafe, fret, vex, annoy, pique, nettle, anger, gall, miff, give offence to, make angry.

Affront, n. 1. Insult, abuse, contumely, indignity, outrage, injury, wrong, ill-treatment, ill-turn.

2. Provocation, offence.

Affusion, n. Sprinkling.

Afoot, ad. 1. On foot.

2. Preparing, forthcoming, in preparation, in course of preparation, on the carpet, on the tapis, on the anvil.

Aforementioned, a. Aforesaid.

Aforesaid, a. Said before, aforementioned, before-mentioned, fore-named, above-mentioned, above-named.

Aforethought, a. Premeditated, prepense.

A fortiori, [L.] With stronger reason, for a still stronger reason.

Afraid, a. Fearful, haunted with fear.

Afresh, ad. Anew, newly, again, over again, de novo.

Aft, ad. (Naut.) Abaft, astern, behind, back, rearward, in the rear.

After, prep. 1. Subsequent to, later than.

2. Following, behind.

3. About, in relation to.

4. In imitation of.

After, ad. Afterward.

After, a. 1. Succeeding, subsequent, following, later.

2. Hind, hinder, posterior, rear, back.

After-ages, Posterity, descendants, succeeding times, succeeding generations.

After all, Eventually, ultimately, upon the whole, when all has been considered, at last, in the end.

After-birth, n. Secundines, placenta.

After-math, n. Rowen, eddish.

Aftermost, a. Hindmost.

Afterpiece, n. Farce, low comedy.

After-thought, n. After-wit.

Afterward, ad. Subsequently, after, later, thereafter, in the sequel.

Afterwards, ad. Subsequently, after, later, thereafter, in the sequel.

After-wit, n. After-thought.

Again, ad. Afresh, anew, once more, another time, de novo.

Again and again, Repeatedly, often, frequently, over and over, with frequent repetitions.

Against, prep. 1. Opposed to, in opposition to, contrary to, adverse to.

2. Facing, fronting, off, opposite to, over against.

3. In provision for, in expectation of, in preparation for, in anticipation of.

Against the grain, 1. Against the fibres (of wood).

2. Against the natural disposition, against one's inclination.

Agalloch, n. Lign-aloes, aloes wood.

Agallochum, n. Lign-aloes, aloes wood.

Agapæ, n. pl. [L.] Love-feasts.

Agape, ad. Wondering, gazing eagerly, staring with open mouth.

Agaric, n. 1. Mushroom.

2. Touchwood, spunk, punk.

Age, n. 1. Duration of existence.

2. Period, date, epoch, time.

3. Century, a hundred years.

4. Old age, decline of life, vale of years.

5. Maturity, mature years, years of discretion.

Aged, a. 1. Old, elderly, stricken in years, advanced in life, with one foot in the grave.

2. Having lived, of the age of.

Agency, n. 1. Intervention, instrumentality, mediation, action, operation, force, influence, procurement.

2. Charge, direction, management, superintendence, supervision.

Agent, n. 1. Actor, doer, operator, performer, executor.

2. Deputy, attorney, factor, representative, substitute, proxy, go-between, procurator, middleman, commissioner, vicegerent.

3. Hand, employé.

Agglomerate, v. a. Gather in a ball or mass, gather together, lump together, heap up, pile up.

Agglomeration, n. Conglomeration, accumulation, lump, heap, pile, mass, aggregation.

Agglutinate, v. a. Unite, glue, cement, conglutinate.

Agglutination, n. Cohesion, union, sticking together.

Aggrandize, v. a. Exalt, dignify, honor, elevate, promote, make great, raise to higher rank.

Aggrandizement, n. Exaltation, elevation, promotion, advancement, preferment.

Aggravate, v. a. 1. Heighten (in evil), increase, make worse.

2. Exaggerate, overstate, magnify.

3. [Of questionable propriety.] Provoke, irritate, exasperate, enrage.

Aggravation, n. 1. A heightening (of something evil).

2. Exaggeration.

3. [Of questionable propriety.] Provocation, irritation.

Aggregate, v. a. Amass, collect, accumulate, pile, bring together, gather up, pile up, heap up, scrape together, keep together.

Aggregate, a. Collected.

Aggregate, n. Whole, total, totality, gross, lump, sum, amount, body, mass, gross amount, sum total.