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affy

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語源 1

From 中期英語 affien (“to have faith, trust”), from Anglo-Norman afier, affier, affyer, Middle French afier, affier, affyer, and Old French afier (“to agree to marry; to believe, trust; to assure, promise; to confide in; to pledge, swear”), from Late Latin affidare (“to betroth; to pledge faith”), from Latin af- (a variant of ad- (intensifying prefix)) + Vulgar Latin *fīdāre (“to trust”) (from Latin fidēre, the present active infinitive of fīdō (“to put confidence in, trust; to rely upon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to convince; to trust”)).

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affy (third-person singular simple present affies, present participle affying, simple past and past participle affied) (obsolete)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To have faith in (someone); to trust.
    2. Chiefly followed by that or to: to formally affirm or promise (something).
    3. Chiefly of a man: to formally promise to marry (someone, chiefly a woman); to be engaged to; also, to marry (someone); to espouse. [c. 16th–17th c.]
    4. (chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by to, unto, or with: often of a parent or guardian: to formally promise that (someone) be married to another person; to affiance, to betroth.
    5. (figurative) Followed by in, to, or unto: to bind or pledge (someone or something) to another person or thing.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. Chiefly followed by in, on, and upon: to rely on, to trust. [14th–17th c.]
      • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
        Marcus Andronicus, so I do affie / In thy vprightnesse and Integrity […]
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語源 2

Shortening of affidavit.

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affy (plural affies)

  1. (slang) An affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility.

参照

  1. ^ “affīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Compare “affy, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2024.
  3. ^ “affy, v.”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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