† aˈffining,ppl.a.Obs.rare—1. [f.affine, stem of prec. + -ing2.] Having close connexion or relation; appropriate. 1606Warner Albion's Eng. xiv. lxxxiii. 346 Iacob..That to his Births, his Burials, euen his Wels, as good or ill Did then and there betide, gaue names affining.