affection sb. (the usual S. sense is the ordinary one of ‘love’; 4 is rare)
1.
emotion,
feeling, esp. pl. LLL. I. i.
9, Mer.V. I. i. 16,
Cæs. II. i. 20
“when his affections
sway'd More than his reason.”
2.
mental tendency,
natural disposition Mer.V. I. ii.
37,
Mac. IV. iii. 77
“my most ill-compos'd
affection.”
3.
state of mind towards
a thing, bent, inclination, wish
Tp. I. ii. 478
“My affections Are then
most humble,”
Ado II. ii. 7
“whatsoever comes
athwart his affection,”
LLL. V. i. 95, Cor. I. i. 109.
4.
affectation LLL. V. ii. 408, Ham. II. ii. 473
(Qq).
