afflate

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verb

To fill, especially with divine inspiration.

OriginLatin afflātus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbafflate (third-person singular simple present afflates, present participle afflating, simple past and past participle afflated)

present singular third person afflates · participle present afflating · participle past afflated · past afflated

  1. obsoleteTo fill, especially with divine inspiration.

    There was[…]a “spirit of courage” breathed into his [sc. Luther's] being, of which the heroism of this world knows nothing. Nor may we question that the same afflating influence could have wrought an equal boldness in creatures whose constitutional timidity was excessive and effeminate.

    1853, George Cubitt, The Life of Martin Luther, page 323

Origin

  1. Latinafflātus
  2. Englishafflate

From Latin afflātus, perfect passive participle of afflō (“to blow or breathe on or towards”).

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APA

afflate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afflate

MLA

“afflate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afflate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afflate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afflate.

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