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      affect
      noun
      (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
      (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
      (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
      verb
      (transitive) To influence or alter.
      (transitive) To move to emotion.
      (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
      (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
      (transitive, Scots law) To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
      (transitive, rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
      (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
      (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
      (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
      (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
      (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
      Roots
      facio-fect · Latin · make, do
      Synonyms for affect
      involvevimpressvperturbvtouchnregardnpredisposevimplicatevreflectv
      Words related to affect
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