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afforcements

afforcements is the plural of afforcement.

Meaning of afforcement

Noun

afforcement (plural afforcements)

  1. (obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
    • “It may be doubtful,” says Mr. Starkie, “whether the doctrine of afforcement was applied to criminal cases.[…]”1801, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages

Questions about afforcements

What is afforcements the plural of?
Afforcements is the plural of afforcement.

Words near afforcements in the dictionary

  1. afforce
  2. afforced
  3. afforced council
  4. afforced councils
  5. afforcement
  6. afforcements
  7. afforces
  8. afforciament
  9. afforciaments
  10. afforcing
  11. afford

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