"affile" meaning in English

See affile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: affiles [present, singular, third-person], affiling [participle, present], affiled [participle, past], affiled [past]
Rhymes: -aɪl Etymology: From Middle English affilen, from Old French afiler (modern French affiler (“to sharpen”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|affilen}} Middle English affilen, {{der|en|fro|afiler}} Old French afiler, {{cog|fr|affiler||to sharpen}} French affiler (“to sharpen”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} affile (third-person singular simple present affiles, present participle affiling, simple past and past participle affiled)
  1. (obsolete) To polish. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-affile-en-verb-OIhcE-wz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 29 7

Inflected forms

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