v. Obs.; also 4 affitch, 5 afficche, -yche. [a. Fr. affiche-r, OFr. aficher, afichier, cogn. w. Pr. aficar, afiquar, Sp. afijar, It. afficcare, for the origin of which Diez assumes a late L. *affīgicāre, f. ad to + *fīgicāre, deriv. form of figĕre to fix; cf. fodĕre, fodicāre, pendĕre, pendicāre, whence Fr. pencher.] To fix to, affix.
1382. Wyclif, 2 Kings xviii. 16. The platis of gold, the whiche he hadde affitchide.
1393. Gower, Conf., II. 211. Right only for the coveitise Of that they sen a woman riche, Ther wol they alle her loue affiche.
c. 1450. Merlin, 117. He afficched hym so in the sturopes that the horse bakke bente.
