Etymology : Middle English, from Latin affectus, from afficere
Pronunciation : 'a-"fekt
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. influence; move someone (emotionally); attack (of a disease); act as if, pretend; have a certain disposition towards; have an affinity for. affect\af*fect"\, n. [l. affectus.] affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [obs.]affect \af*fect"\ (ăf*f&ebreve;kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. affected; p. pr. & vb. n. affecting.] [l. affectus, p. p. of afficere to affect by active agency; ad + facere to make: cf. f. affectere, l. affectare, freq. of afficere. see:
fact.].
2. to act upon; to produce an effect or change upon. as might affect the earth with cold heat. the climate affected their health and spirits.
3. to influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch. a consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles.
4. to love; to regard with affection. [obs.] as for queen katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved, her.
5. to show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually. for he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for it, indeed. do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great. azlitt.
6. to dispose or incline. men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty.
7. to aim at; to aspire; to covet. [obs.] this proud man affects imperial way.
8. to tend to by affinity or disposition. the drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
9. to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance. careless she is with artful care, affecting to seem unaffected. ongreve. thou dost affect my manners.
10. to assign; to appoint. [r.] one of the domestics was affected to his special service.
11. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
12. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
13. To love; to regard with affection.
14. To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
15. To dispose or incline.
16. To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
17. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
18. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
19. To assign; to appoint.
20. Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
21. The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state.
22. In hysteria, the affect is sometimes entirely dissociated, sometimes transferred to another than the original idea. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion act physically on; have an effect upon have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd".
23. 1. If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way. Nicotine adversely affects the functioning of the heart and arteries the worst-affected areas of Somalia.
24. If a disease affects someone, it causes them to become ill. Arthritis is a crippling disease which affects people all over the world. = afflict.
25. If something or someone affects you, they make you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity. The divorce affected Jim deeply.
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