affined
Americanadjective
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closely related or connected.
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bound; obligated.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of affined
Example Sentences
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This sympathetic influence working upon the affined intelligence of an affinity, coagulates itself into a corporiety, approximating closely to the adumbration of mortality in its highest admensuration, at last accuminating in an accumination.”
From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)
Who shall say what is the invisible tissue—what the innumerable cords—that tie this planet and all its material natures to the millions of worlds with which it is affined?
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
It is still an open question whether the Tupis and Guaranis who inhabit the vast region between the Amazon and the Pampas of Buenos Ayres are affined to them.
From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
Strange that these two hearts so thoroughly affined should be so misjudging each of the other!
From The Dictator by McCarthy, Justin
Truly affined mates would have remained faithful to each other as long as life lasted.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock
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