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afreight

adj

Etymology

From a- + freight.

  1. derived from *h₂eyḱ-✻ — “to come into possession of, obtain; to own, possess”
  2. derived from *aihtiz✻ — “possessions, property”
  3. derived from *fra-✻
  4. derived from *fra-✻
  5. derived from frāht
  6. derived from vrecht — “cargo, freight; transportation fee”
  7. derived from vracht
  8. inherited from freight
  9. prefixed as afreight — “a + freight”

Definitions

  1. Filled or charged (with something).

    • The air with anguish all afreight, / Breeds pestilence within our state,
    • 1907, George Cathcart Bronson, Thou Shalt Waken, Los Angeles: H. L. Ward, Part 3, p. 77, I bow my head, here in the cool night air / That fans my cheek, afreight with odors rare:

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA