Af-frĕt', n.

n. [It. affrettare, to hasten; affrettamento, haste, hurry; fretta, haste, hurry; frettare, to sweep; Pr. fretar, to rub; from Lat. fricare, frictum, to rub; Prov. Ger. fretten, Eng. fret, q. v.] A furious onset, or attack. [Obs.] “The terror of their fierce affret.” Spenser.