afflate
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Etymology edit
From Latin afflātus, perfect passive participle of afflō (“to blow or breathe on or towards”).
Verb edit
afflate (third-person singular simple present afflates, present participle afflating, simple past and past participle afflated)
- (obsolete) To fill, especially with divine inspiration.
- 1853, George Cubitt, The Life of Martin Luther, page 323:
- There was […] a “spirit of courage” breathed into his [sc. Luther's] being, of which the heroism of this world knows nothing. Nor may we question that the same afflating influence could have wrought an equal boldness in creatures whose constitutional timidity was excessive and effeminate.
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afflate
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afflate
- inflection of afflare:
Latin edit
Verb edit
afflāte
Participle edit
afflāte