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

affinity \affin"ity\, n.; pl. affinities. of. afinit'e,
   f. affinit'e, l. affinites, fr. affinis. see affined.
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   1. relationship by marriage as between a husband and his
      wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her
      husband's blood relations; -- in contradistinction to
      consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by
      with, to, or between.
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            solomon made affinity with pharaoh.   --1 kings iii.
                                                  1.
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   2. kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity;
      resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of
      colors, or of languages.
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            there is a close affinity between imposture and
            credulity.                            --sir g. c.
                                                  lewis.
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   2. companionship; acquaintance. obs.
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            about forty years past, i began a happy affinity
            with william cranmer.                 --burton.
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   4. chem. that attraction which takes place, at an
      insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles
      of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds;
      chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.
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   5. nat. hist. a relation between species or higher groups
      dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure,
      and indicating community of origin.
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   6. spiritualism a superior spiritual relationship or
      attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp.
      persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who
      exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.
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see also:
affinities affined 

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