Affranchise
to free from a state of dependence, servitude, or obligation.
verb
(transitive) to release from servitude or an obligation
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- Affray
a public fight; a noisy quarrel; brawl. Law. the fighting of two or more persons in a public place. Archaic. to frighten. Historical Examples I remember that the valiant Marino Contarino died in this affray; and, with immortal example, the four brothers Cornaro; alas! Isabella Orsini Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi This was by no means a […]
- Affrayer
a person who engages in an ; brawler.
- Affreight
to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier.
- Affreightment
to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier. Historical Examples Charter-party, chrt′ėr-pr′ti, n. the common written form in which the contract of affreightment is expressed—viz. Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various noun a contract hiring a ship to carry goods
- Affricate
Also called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch- sounds in church and the j- sound in joy. to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly. Historical Examples The affricate in words like gaol is of French origin (gele), from […]