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Definition of Affies
1. affy [v] - See also: affy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affies
Literary usage of Affies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europe and America Beyond 2000 by Pierre Hassner, Gregory F. Treverton (1990)
"They recognize that the contributions of affies must be viewed in a broad context
and ... Some affies are able to contribute to international stability by ..."
2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1887)
"It would do its part if “ the Powers of Europe, or any considerable portion of
them,' did theirs. England never had acted in defending Turkey without affies ..."
3. A Handbook of Modern Japan by Ernest Wilson Clement (1903)
"... they (Great Britain and Japan) have been affies in effect for some years; they
are now affies in name. Indeed, for several years past this alliance has ..."
4. Bentham's Theory of Legislation: Being Principes de Législation and Traités by Étienne Dumont, Jeremy Bentham (1914)
"They do not, of course, act upon all men in the same way or with the same effect;
and, indeed, the four sanctions are sometimes found as affies, ..."
5. A History of the Life of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, King of England by George Payne Rainsford James (1841)
"All Henry's affies were protected by the treaty, not even excepting Simon de
Montfort, though that nobleman had undoubtedly been guilty of a most notorious ..."
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