| Definitions of 'affect' |
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1. (verb) affect
the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
2. (verb) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
have an effect upon
"Will the new rules affect me?"
3. (verb) affect
act physically on; have an effect upon
"the medicine affects my heart rate"
4. (verb) involve, affect, regard
connect closely and often incriminatingly
"This new ruling affects your business"
5. (verb) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
make believe with the intent to deceive
"He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
6. (verb) affect, impress, move, strike
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
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| Definitions of 'affect' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) affect
affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition
2. (verb) affect
to act upon; to produce an effect or change upon
3. (verb) affect
to influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch
4. (verb) affect
to love; to regard with affection
5. (verb) affect
to show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually
6. (verb) affect
to dispose or incline
7. (verb) affect
to aim at; to aspire; to covet
8. (verb) affect
to tend to by affinity or disposition
9. (verb) affect
to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance
10. (verb) affect
to assign; to appoint
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