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affeer |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Affeer \Af*feer"\, v. t. [OF. aforer afeurer to tax, appraise, assess, fr L. ad + forum market, court of justice, in LL also meaning price.] 1. To confirm; to assure. [Obs.] ``The title is affeered.'' --Shak. 2. (Old Law) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum. Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. --Blackstone.
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