Affinal(a.) Related by marriage; from the same source.
Affine(v. t.) To refine.
Affined(a.) Joined in affinity or by any tie.
Affinities(pl. ) of Affinity
Affinity(n.) Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.
Affinity(n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
Affinity(n.) Companionship; acquaintance.
Affinity(n.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.
Affinity(n.) A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.
Affinity(n.) A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

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