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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
affection
 
SYLLABICATION:af·fec·tion
PRONUNCIATION:  -fkshn
NOUN:1. A tender feeling toward another; fondness. See synonyms at love. 2. Feeling or emotion. Often used in the plural: an unbalanced state of affections. 3. A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity. 4. Obsolete Prejudice; partiality.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affecti, affectin-, from affectus, past participle of afficere, to affect, influence. See affect1.
OTHER FORMS:af·fection·al —ADJECTIVE
af·fection·al·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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