affeer

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verb

To assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of.

OriginMiddle English afferen ← Old French aferer ← Medieval Latin afforāre →
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Meanings

verbaffeer (third-person singular simple present affeers, present participle affeering, simple past and past participle affeered)

present singular third person affeers · participle present affeering · participle past affeered · past affeered

  1. obsoletetransitivelawTo assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo confirm; to assure.

    For goodness dare not check thee! wear thou thy wrongs; / The title is affeer'd!

    1623, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 4. scene 3

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinafforāre
  2. Old Frenchaferer
  3. Middle Englishafferen
  4. Englishaffeer

From Middle English afferen, aferen, from Old French aferer, afuerer, afeurer, aforer, from Medieval Latin afforāre.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with affeer

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Anagrams

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APA

affeer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affeer

MLA

“affeer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affeer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affeer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affeer.

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