afflate
verbEtymology From Latin afflātus, perfect passive participle of afflō (“to blow or breathe on or towards”).
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Obsolete To fill, especially with divine inspiration.
- There was[…]a “spirit of courage” breathed into his [sc. Luther's] being, of which the heroism of this world knows nothing. Nor may we question that the same afflating influence could have wrought an equal boldness in creatures whose constitutional timidity was excessive and effeminate.1853, George Cubitt, The Life of Martin Luther, page 323: