Obs. [f. AFFECTIONATE a., or latinized adaptation of Fr. affectionn-er on analogy of terminer, terminate, élever, elevate, etc. Cf. AFFECTION v., the direct adoption of the Fr. word.]
1. To have affection for, to regard with affection.
c. 1590. Greene, Friar Bacon (1630), 42. I will reply, which or to whom my selfe affectionates.
1593. Tell-trothe’s N. Yr’s. Gift, 30. If mens love be simplie good, women cannot but affectionate them.
1615. Heywood, Foure Prentises, I. 223. Whom … I do more affectionate.
1654. Ussher, Ann., VII. (1658), 815. Honouring him that was dead, and greatly affectionating the widow Agrippina.
2. refl. (after Fr. s’affectionner à = s’attacher.] To attach onself.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, I. iv. Those who affectionate themselves to Monkies, and little Dogges.
1620. Shelton, Quixote, IV. xix. 153. He saw me, courted me, I gave ear to him, and … I affectionated myself to him.
