AFFINITY. Alliance; family; connexion.
The Moor replies,

That he you hurt is of great fame in Cyprus
And great affinity, and that in wholesome wisdom
He might not but refuse you.
Othello, iii. 1.

To AFFRAY. To affright.

Since arm from arm that voice doth us affray,
Hunting thee hence with hunt's up to the day.
Romeo and Juliet, iii. 5.

AFFRONT. Attack; assault; charge.

There was a fourth man in a silly habit, That gave the affront with them. Cymbeline, v. 3. To AFFRONT. To meet; to encounter; to confront.

Unless another,

Twelfth Night, ii. 3.

AFFEERED. Confirmed.

Wear thou thy wrongs, thy title is affeer'd!

To AFFY. To betroth.

ALDER-LIEFEST.

For your great graces

Heap'd upon me, poor undeserver, I
Can nothing render but allegiant thanks.

TO ALL-HAIL.

Macbeth, ii. 1.

Dearest; best-beloved. With you, mine alder-liefest sovereign.

Henry 8, iii. 2.

To greet; to salute.

While I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me, "Thane of Cawdor." Macbeth, i. 2.

ALL-HALLOWN SUMMER. Second, or late summer; l'été de St. Martin.

Farewell, thou latter spring! farewell, all-hallown
summer!
Henry 4, P. 1, i. 2.
ALL-OBEYING. All-obeyed; omnipotent.

Tell him, from his all-obeying breath I hear
The doom of Egypt.

Antony and Cleopatra, iii. 13.

Now, my young guest, methinks you're allicholy.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, iv. 2.

ALLOTTERY. Allotment; portion.

Give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes. As you like it, i. 1.

TO ALLOW. To approve; to commend; to show; to prove.

She is allowed for the day-woman.

All's well that ends well, i. 2. Generally allowed for your many warlike, courtlike, and learned preparations.

1.

Therefore, so please thee to return with us,
And of our Athens-thine and ours-to take
The captainship, thou shalt be met with thanks,
Allow'd with absolute power, and thy good name
Live with authority. Timon of Athens, v.
There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he
do nothing but rail.
Twelfth-Night, i. 5.
You put our page out: go, you are allow'd.
Love's Labour's lost, v. 2.
These are such allow'd infirmities that honesty
Is never free of.

Winter's Tale, i. 2.

He sweats not to overthrow your Almain.

Othello, ii. 3.

ALMS-DRINK. A double portion of liquor.

They have made him drink alms-drink.
Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 7.

ALREADY. Previously.

Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already waylaid. Henry 4, P. 1, i. 2.

Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck,
And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,
Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,
Of healths five-fathom deep.

Romeo and Juliet, i. 4.
AMENDS. Amendment; improvement.
Now, Lord be thanked for my good amends!
Taming of the Shrew, Induction, sc. 2.