afflate

English

Etymology

From Latin afflātus, perfect passive participle of afflō (“to blow or breathe on or towards”).

Verb

afflate (third-person singular simple present afflates, present participle afflating, simple past and past participle afflated)

1. (obsolete) To fill, especially with divine inspiration.
   • 1853, George Cubitt, The Life of Martin Luther, page 323:

     There was […] a “spirit of courage” breathed into his [sc. Luther's] being, of which the heroism of this world knows nothing. Nor may we question that the same afflating influence could have wrought an equal boldness in creatures whose constitutional timidity was excessive and effeminate.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afˈfla.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: af‧flà‧te

Participle

afflate

1. feminine plural of afflato

Verb

afflate

1. inflection of afflare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Verb

afflāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of afflō

Participle

afflāte

1. vocative masculine singular of afflātus