Affine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Affine \Af*fine"\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin
     fine. See {Fine}.]
     To refine. [Obs.] --Holland.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  affine
       adj : related by marriage [syn: {affinal}]
       n : (anthropology) kin by marriage