affy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈfaɪ/    美 /əˈfaɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility. obsolete,slang
    — If you have won a monthly prize, they will send you an affy and have you send it back. Then your prize comes from a courier.
动词 v.
  1. To have faith in (someone); to trust. obsolete,transitive
  2. Chiefly followed by that or to: to formally affirm or promise (something). obsolete,transitive
  3. Chiefly of a man: to formally promise to marry (someone, chiefly a woman); to be engaged to; also, to marry (someone); to espouse. obsolete,transitive
    — He, though affide unto a former love, / To whom his faith he firmely ment to hold, / […] Her graunted love, but with affection cold […]
  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. obsolete,transitive
  5. Followed by in, to, or unto: to bind or pledge (someone or something) to another person or thing. figuratively,obsolete,transitive
  6. Chiefly followed by in, on, and upon: to rely on, to trust. intransitive,obsolete
    — Marcus Andronicus, so I do affie / In thy vprightnesse and Integrity […]

词形变化

affies present,singular,third-person affying participle,present affied participle,past affied past affies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
affiant unaffied
相关词
affiance

词源

词源 1
From Middle English affien (“to have faith, trust”), from Anglo-Norman afier, affier, affyer, Middle French afier, affier, affyer, and Old French afier (“to agree to marry; to believe, trust; to assure, promise; to confide in; to pledge, swear”), from Late Latin affidare (“to betroth; to pledge faith”), from Latin af- (a variant of ad- (intensifying prefix)) + Vulgar Latin *fīdāre (“to trust”) (from Latin fidēre, the present active infinitive of fīdō (“to put confidence in, trust; to rely upon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to convince; to trust”)).
词源 2
Shortening of affidavit.
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