Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Affaticá-re, v. a. to fatigue, tire, weary, harass,
2. to importune, teaze; 3. to exercise, drill (troops); v. n. & r. to strive, endeavour, take pains; s. m. Affaticá-tóre, f. Affaticá-tríce; adj. Affaticá-nte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
affaticare: to labour, to put to labour, to weary, to toile, to moile. Also to endeuour.