Art S. Kagel said:
> Neil Truby wrote:
>> "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message
>> news:4225FCE7.2030309@bloomberg.net...
>
>>
>> First of all, only an American could mangle the noun "affinity" and come
>> up
>> with the verb "affine" :-)
>
> There's a logic to it. If 'unity' is the noun, 'united' the adjective,
> and
> 'unite' the verb, then for the noun 'affinity' there SHOULD exist the verb
> 'affine' if there exists the adjective 'affined'! Voila:
>
> From The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
>
> AFFINED
> adj. Linked by a close relationship. Beholden to another; bound.
>
>
> Which begs the equivalent definition:
>
> AFFINE
> v. To link by a close relationship. To create an affinity or objects
> which
> are affined.
>
> And as the final nail in the 'there ain't no such word' coffin:
>
> From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
> Affine \Af*fine"\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin fine. See
> {Fine}.] To refine. [Obs.] --Holland.

Uhhh... Websters speaks Murcan, not English, and in what way does "refine"
relate to "affinity"? )

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