affor

== English == === Adverb === affor (not comparable) Obsolete spelling of afore. === Preposition === affor Obsolete spelling of afore (“before, in advance of the time of”). 1501 Testamenta Eboracensia: A Selection of Wills from the Registry at York Vol. IV (1869, York District Probate Registry, England), page 196: providid that if it happen one of theym to decesse affor sche be maried, her porcion to be disposed to th’use and behove of Robert my son […] 1630-1650, William Bradford, journal, as quoted by Janet Farrell Brodie, Contraception and Abortion in Nineteenth-Century America (1994, Cornell University Press), page 38: prayed him to forgive her, for Lyford had overcome her, and defiled her body before mariage affor he had comended him onto her for a husband. Obsolete spelling of afore (“before, geographically or metaphorically in front of”). 16C, title unavailable, as quoted by Arthur Geoffrey Dickens, Clifford Letters of the Sixteenth Century (1962), volume [illegible], page 116: She wold have putt in her bill of complant affor my Lord of Richmonde’s counsell. 1856, the Rev. F. R. Raines, M.A., F.S.A., “Examynatyons Towcheynge Cokeye More”, in Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, volume 37 (Chetham Society), page 20: Theyn he and v other psons yt ys to wytt Jħn Walker Wyllyā Haslű Thomas ffleccher Perys Holt ƿ Rog’ Leyu’ testefyed this mat’ for thrwe affor me lord the Justys of Lanchastr. === Quotations === === References === Andrew E. Benjamin; Peter Osborne (1994), Walter Benjamin's Philosophy: Destruction and Experience, Routledge, page 128: “The Latin prefix ad-, and accordingly af-, marks the opening of an act, and of an act of opening, as in the very appropriate example of affor, meaning ‘addressing’, for example when taking leave.” == Latin == === Alternative forms === adfor === Etymology === From ad- +‎ for (“speak, say”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaf.fɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaf.for] === Verb === affor (present infinitive affārī, perfect active affātus sum); first conjugation, deponent to speak to, address, accost, implore (in a passive sense) to fix the use of the auspices, to be destined to bid farewell to the dead, take the last adieu ==== Conjugation ==== In Classical Latin, affor was exceedingly rare, and mostly found in the third-person present indicative, with many other present indicative forms not being attested, or attested only once. ==== Derived terms ==== affābilis affātus === References === “affor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “affor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Scots == === Alternative forms === afor === Preposition === affor before, afore 1526-1534, John Hackett, as quoted in The Letters of Sir John Hackett (1971, West Virginia University Library): 7 April 1565 William Chambers, Charters and Documents Relating to the Burgh of Peebles (1872, Scottish Burgh Records Society), page 299: 17C, William R. Boyd, Calendar of the State Papers related to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots 1547-1603: ... hagbuttares on horsbak com to this towne of Stryviling quhair all the nobilite vas assemblit, enterit vytin the towne affor any vytin knew of them.