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AffectionAffection Af*fec"tion, n. [F. affection, L. affectio, fr.
afficere. See Affect.]
1. The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being
affected.
2. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily
state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.
``The affections of quantity.' --Boyle.
And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old
and strange affection of the house. --Tennyson.
3. Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural
impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as,
the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the
malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination;
disposition; propensity; tendency.
Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as
a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any
object or quality. --Cogan.
4. A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender
attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to,
but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial,
social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for
or towards children.
All his affections are set on his own country.
--Macaulay.
5. Prejudice; bias. [Obs.] --Bp. Aylmer.
6. (Med.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary
affection. --Dunglison.
7. The lively representation of any emotion. --Wotton.
8. Affectation. [Obs.] ``Spruce affection.' --Shak.
9. Passion; violent emotion. [Obs.]
Most wretched man, That to affections does the
bridle lend. --Spenser.
Syn: Attachment; passion; tenderness; fondness; kindness;
love; good will. See Attachment; Disease. Affectional
Affectional Af*fec"tion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses;
an affectional nature.
Affectionated
Affectionated Af*fec"tion*a`ted, a.
Disposed; inclined. [Obs.]
Affectionated to the people. --Holinshed.
Affectionately
Affectionately Af*fec"tion*ate*ly, adv.
With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.
Affectionateness
Affectionateness Af*fec"tion*ate*ness, n.
The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
Affectioned
Affectioned Af*fec"tioned, a.
1. Disposed. [Archaic]
Be kindly affectioned one to another. --Rom. xii.
10.
2. Affected; conceited. [Obs.] --Shak.
Auto-infection
Auto-infection Au`to-in*fec"tion, n. [Auto- + infection.]
(Med.)
Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in
the organism itself.
Confection
Confection Con*fec"tion, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.]
1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.]
A new confection of mold. --Bacon.
2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a
sweetmeat.
Certain confections . . . are like to candied
conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons.
--Bacon.
3. A composition of drugs. --Shak.
4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal
substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias formerly made a distinction
between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances
and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances
combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is
now abandoned and all are called confections.
Confectionary
Confectionary Con*fec"tion*a*ry, n. [Cf. LL. confectionaris a
pharmacist.]
A confectioner. [Obs.]
He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and
to be cooks. --1 Sam. viii.
13.
Confectionary
Confectionary Con*fec"tion*a*ry, a.
Prepared as a confection.
The biscuit or confectionary plum. --Cowper.
Confectioner
Confectioner Con*fec"tion*er, n.
1. A compounder. [Obs.]
Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents.
--Haywood.
2. One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections,
candies, etc.
Confectionery
Confectionery Con*fec"tion*er*y, n.
1. Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a
confectioner; confections; candies.
2. A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are
made or sold.
Defectionist
Defectionist De*fec"tion*ist, n.
One who advocates or encourages defection.
Defectious
Defectious De*fec"tious, a.
Having defects; imperfect. [Obs.] ``Some one defectious
piece.' --Sir P. Sidney.
Disaffection
Disaffection Dis`af*fec"tion, n.
1. State of being disaffected; alienation or want of
affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority;
unfriendliness; dislike.
In the making laws, princes must have regard to . .
. the affections and disaffections of the people.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. Disorder; bad constitution. [R.] --Wiseman.
Syn: Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness;
alienation; disloyalty; hostility.
Disaffectionate
Disaffectionate Dis`af*fec"tion*ate, a.
Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [R.]
--Blount.
Disinfection
Disinfection Dis`in*fec"tion, n.
The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.
Effection
Effection Ef*fec"tion, n. [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.]
Creation; a doing. [R.] --Sir M. Hale.
Hydrocephaloid affectionHydrocephaloid Hy`dro*ceph"a*loid, a. [Hydrocephalus + -oid.]
(Med.)
Resembling hydrocephalus.
Hydrocephaloid affection (Med.), the group of symptoms
which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children,
resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular
meningitis. ImperfectionImperfection Im`per*fec"tion, n. [L. imperfectio: cf. F.
imperfection. See Imperfect, a.]
The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of
perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.
Sent to my account With all my imperfections on my
head. --Shak.
Syn: Defect; deficiency; incompleteness; fault; failing;
weakness; frailty; foible; blemish; vice. InfectionInfection In*fec"tion, n. [Cf. F. infection, L. infectio a
dyeing.]
1. The act or process of infecting.
There was a strict order against coming to those
pits, and that was only to prevent infection. --De
Foe.
2. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease;
any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an
infectious disease is caused.
And that which was still worse, they that did thus
break out spread the infection further by their
wandering about with the distemper upon them. --De
Foe.
3. The state of being infected; contamination by morbific
particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing
disease; epidemic.
The danger was really very great, the infection
being so very violent in London. --De Foe.
4. That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection
of vicious principles.
It was her chance to light Amidst the gross
infections of those times. --Daniel.
5. (Law) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of
contraband goods; implication.
6. Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions;
influence.
Through all her train the soft infection ran.
--Pope.
Mankind are gay or serious by infection. --Rambler.
Syn: Infection, Contagion.
Usage: Infection is often used in a definite and limited
sense of the transmission of affections without direct
contact of individuals or immediate application or
introduction of the morbific agent, in
contradistinction to contagion, which then implies
transmission by direct contact. Quain. See
Contagious. InfectiousInfectious In*fec"tious, a. [Cf. F. infectieux.]
1. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused
by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious
fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious
vices.
Where the infectious pestilence. --Shak.
2. Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate;
vitiating; demoralizing.
It [the court] is necessary for the polishing of
manners . . . but it is infectious even to the best
morals to live always in it. --Dryden.
3. (Law) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure
and forfeiture.
Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious
nature. --Kent.
4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic;
readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.
The laughter was so genuine as to be infectious.
--W. Black.
Syn: See Contagious. Infectious disease
Infectious disease In*fec"tious dis*ease"
(a) Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and
multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a
germ disease. It may not be contagious.
(b) Sometimes, as distinguished from contagious disease, such
a disease communicated by germs carried in the air or
water, and thus spread without contact with the patient,
as measles.
Infectiously
Infectiously In*fec"tious*ly, adv.
In an infectious manner. --Shak.
Infectiousness
Infectiousness In*fec"tious*ness, n.
The quality of being infectious.
Local affectionLocal Lo"cal, a. [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local.
See Lieu, Locus.]
Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite
region or portion of space; restricted to one place or
region; as, a local custom.
Gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
--Shak.
Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a
particular county, where the cause arises; --
distinguished from transitory actions.
Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a
particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the
system.
Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass,
causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction,
especially on shipboard.
Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the
recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as
distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for
the line.
Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery.
Local color.
(a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not
caused by accidental influences, as of reflection,
shadow, etc.
(b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its
inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is
laid.
Local option, the right or obligation of determining by
popular vote within certain districts, as in each county,
city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages
within the district shall be allowed. Misaffection
Misaffection Mis`af*fec"tion, n.
An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill affected.
[Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Perfection
Perfection Per*fec"tion, v. t.
To perfect. [Obs.] --Foote.
PerfectionPerfection Per*fec"tion, n. [F. perfection, L. perfectio.]
1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that
nothing requisite is wanting; entire development;
consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the
highest attainable state or degree of excellence;
maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a
system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in
perfection.
2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent;
an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute
of complete excellence. --Shak.
What tongue can her perfections tell? --Sir P.
Sidney.
To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence;
perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
Meaning of Fectio from wikipedia
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Fectio,
known as
Vechten in Old Dutch, was a
Roman castellum in the
province Germania Inferior established in the year 4 or 5 AD. It was
located at the...
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village dates back
nearly 2000 years, when the
Romans constructed a fort at
Fectio (now Vechten) with a
harbour facing the
river Rhine,
which marked the border...
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perhaps called Fletio (at
modern Vleuten)
Traiectum (in
modern Utrecht)
Fectio (Vechten)
Levefanum (at
modern Wijk bij Duurstede)
Carvo (at
modern Kesteren...
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Bodegraven Woerden (Laurium)
Vleuten (Fletio)
Utrecht (Traiectum)
Vechten (
Fectio)
Rijswijk (Gelderland) (Levefanum)
Maurik (Mannaricium)
Kesteren (Carvo)...
- area of
Magna Germania that was the short-lived
Germania Inferior. Like
Fectio/Vechten,
Flevum was a
naval base. It
controlled an
important watercourse...
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Originally the
Vecht branched off
south of the city near the
Roman fort
Fectio,
flowing eastwards around the city, but in the 12th
century a
northern shortcut...
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fortress at Mainz. The
Batavians attack Roman forts on the
Rhine frontier;
Fectio and
Traiectum (modern Utrecht) are destro****. In
Gallia Belgica, cohors...
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- sights.seindal.dk –
Dacians as they
appear on the Arch of
Constantine www.
fectio.org.uk –
Draco Late
Roman military standard www.stoa.org/trajan Archived...
- ****, M., and Isings, C. et al. 2012. De
Romeinse versterkingen in Vechten-
Fectio: het
archeologisch onderzoek in 1946-1947. Nijmegen, Auxilia. Stern, E Marianne...
