affreight
American
[uh-freyt]
/ əˈfreɪt /
verb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of affreight
1840–50; < French affréter (respelling by influence of freight ), equivalent to a- a- 5 (< Latin ad- ad- ) + fréter to hire a ship, derivative of fret freight, Old French < Middle Dutch
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