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Meaning of affy | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
əˈfaɪ

Definitions

  1. To have faith in (someone); to trust.
  2. Chiefly followed by that or to: to formally affirm or promise (something).
  3. Chiefly of a man: to formally promise to marry (someone, chiefly a woman); to be engaged to; also, to marry (someone); to espouse.
  4. Chiefly followed by to, unto, or with: often of a parent or guardian: to formally promise that (someone) be married to another person; to affiance, to betroth.
  5. Followed by in, to, or unto: to bind or pledge (someone or something) to another person or thing.
  6. Chiefly followed by in, on, and upon: to rely on, to trust.

Examples

“He, though affide unto a former love, / To whom his faith he firmely ment to hold, / […] Her graunted love, but with affection cold […]”
“Marcus Andronicus, so I do affie / In thy vprightnesse and Integrity […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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