| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fined |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -f nd |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Linked by a close relationship. 2. Beholden to another; bound. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French affiné, from Old French affin, closely related, from Latin affnis, related by marriage : ad-, ad- + fnis, boundary.
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