Afo'ot. adv. [from a and foot.]

1. On foot; not on horseback.

   He thought it best to return, for that day, to a village not far off; and dispatching his horse in some sort, the next day early, to come afoot thither. Shakespeare's Hamlet.

2. In action; as, a design is afoot.

   I pr'ythee, when thou seest that act afoot,
   Ev'n with the very comment of thy soul
   Observe mine uncle. Idem, ibid.

3. In motion.

   Of Albany's and Cornwall's pow'rs you heard not —
   'Tis said they are afoot. Shakespeare's K. Lear.