Affectionate

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		+	===Etymology 1===
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		+	Partly from Latin ''[[affectionatus]],'' partly from ''[[affection]]'' + ''[[-ate]].''
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		+	===Pronunciation===
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		+	(UK, US) IPA: /əˈfɛkʃənət/
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		+	===Adjective===
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		+	'''affectionate''' (''[[comparative]]'' '''more affectionate''', ''[[superlative]]'' '''most affectionate''')
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		+	* 1.Having [[affection]] or warm [[regard]]; [[loving]]; [[fond]]; as, an affectionate brother.
		+	* 2.Proceeding from affection; indicating [[ove]]; [[tender]]; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
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		+	===Synonyms===
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		+	* [[tender]]; [[attached]]; [[loving]]; [[devoted]]; [[warm]]; [[fond]]; [[earnest]]; [[ardent]].
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		+	===Derived terms===
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		+	* [[affectionately]]
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		+	===Related terms===
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		+	* [[affect]]
		+	* [[affectation]]
		+	* [[affecter]]
		+	* [[affective]]
		+	* [[affection]]
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		+	===Etymology 2===
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		+	Either from the adjective, or from ''[[affection]]'' + ''[[-ate]]'' (modelled on Middle French ''[[affectionner]]'').
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		+	===Pronunciation===
		+	IPA: /əˈfɛkʃəneɪt/
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		+	===Verb===
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		+	'''to affectionate''' (third-person singular simple present affectionates, present participle affectionating, simple past and past participle affectionated)
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		+	:1.(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
		+	:2.(''[[obsolete]]'', ''[[reflexive]]'') To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
		+	::* 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 21:
		+	::::Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that [...etc.]

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Synonyms 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Related terms 1.7 Etymology 2 1.8 Pronunciation 1.9 Verb

English

Etymology 1

Partly from Latin affectionatus, partly from affection + -ate.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA: /əˈfɛkʃənət/

Adjective

affectionate (comparative more affectionate, superlative most affectionate)

• 1.Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
• 2.Proceeding from affection; indicating ove; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.

Synonyms

• tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.

Derived terms

• affectionately

Related terms

• affect
• affectation
• affecter
• affective
• affection

Etymology 2

Either from the adjective, or from affection + -ate (modelled on Middle French affectionner).

Pronunciation

IPA: /əˈfɛkʃəneɪt/

Verb

to affectionate (third-person singular simple present affectionates, present participle affectionating, simple past and past participle affectionated)

1.(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.

2.(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.

• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 21:

Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that [...etc.]