afflated
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of afflated
1840–50; obsolete afflate to inspire (< Latin afflātus, past participle of afflāre; see afflatus) + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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The minstrel harp, for the strained string? the tripod, for the afflated Woe? or the vision, for those tears in which it shone dilated?
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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