affect

Definitions

1. To influence or alter.
   transitive
2. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
   transitive
3. To aim for, to try to obtain.
   obsolete, transitive
4. To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from:get (to), impress, move, strike, touch.
5. To move to emotion.
   transitive
6. To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
   rare, transitive
7. To take on or give a false appearance of:assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, put on, sham, simulate.
8. Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
   transitive
9. To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
   obsolete, transitive
10. afectar, causar un cambio en la salud; conmover, excitar.
11. To dispose or incline.
    archaic, transitive
12. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.
13. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
    archaic, transitive
14. To act on the emotions of; touch or move. See Synonyms at move.
15. To assign; to appoint.
    archaic, transitive
16. To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.
17. To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
    transitive
18. Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: "The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affect" (Norman Mailer).
19. Obsolete A disposition, feeling, or tendency.
    Obsolete
20. To put on a false show of; simulate: affected a British accent.
21. To have or show a liking for: affects dramatic clothes.

Equivalents

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العربيةأثّر

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Ελληνικάεπιδρώπροσποιούμαι

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हिन्दीपिघलना

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日本語感動させる

Latinaferioinflectotango

Nederlandsaantastenbeïnvloedenemotionerenontroerenveinzen+ 2 more

Portuguêsafetarcomoverfingir

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Tiếng Việtcan hệ

Examples

“The experience⟳ affected me deeply.”

“The heat of the sunlight affected the speed⟳ of the chemical reaction.”

“The climate affected their health and spirits.”

“Libertarian paternalism is the view⟳ that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose⟳, society should present⟳ options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make⟳ choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have⟳ chosen if they were in control⟳.”

“He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play⟳.”

“A consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect⟳ them upon solid and pure principles.”

“Hepatitis affects the liver.”

“men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty”

“The drops of every fluid affect⟳ a round figure⟳.”

“One of the domestics was affected to his special service.”

“to affect⟳ ignorance”

“to affect⟳ a British accent”

“He managed to affect⟳ a smile⟳ despite feeling quite miserable.”

“Thou dost affect⟳ my manners.”

“Careless she is with artful care, / Affecting to seem unaffected.”

“He affected prescription lenses, framed in spidery gold, ground from thin slabs of pink synthetic quartz and beveled like⟳ the mirrors in a Victorian dollhouse.”

“You affect⟳ to be a patriot. The words you uttered repeatedly when you killed her give⟳ lip service to that concept.[…]You are no patriot. By your actions you have⟳ betrayed the quintessence of our country, its adherence to parliamentary democracy.”

“Duke.[...] I loue the people, But doe not like⟳ to stage⟳ me to their eyes: Though it doe well, I doe not rellish well Their lowd applause, and Aues vehement: Nor doe I thinke the man of safe discretion That do's affect⟳ it.”

“For it is believed, that he never was married, affecting and embracing Chastity through the whole course of his Life.”

“Wiſe are thy words, and glad I would obey⟳, / But this proud man affects imperial ſway.”

“I seek⟳ the Vatican, and the palaces. I affect⟳ to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated.”

“There is a Lady in Verona heere Whom I affect⟳: but she is nice, and coy, And naught esteemes my aged eloquence.”

“From that day forth she gan to him affect⟳, / And daily more her favour to augment […]”

“A young gentlewoman in Basil was married[…]to an ancient man against her will, whom she could not affect⟳; she was continually melancholy, and pined away for grief […]”

“As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected, then affected; rather honoured, then loved her.”

“But when he pleased to show⟳ 't, his speech / In loftiness of sound⟳ was rich; / A Babylonish dialect, / Which learned pedants much affect⟳.”

“Amongst humane conditions this one is very common, that we are rather pleased with strange things then with our owne; we love⟳ changes, affect⟳ alterations, and like⟳ innovations.”

“Go, let⟳ him have⟳ a table by himself, for he does neither affect⟳ company, nor is he fit for’t, indeed.”

“1825, William Hazlitt, “On the Conduct of life: or Advice to a schoolboy” in Table-Talk Volume II, Paris: A. & W. Galignani, p. 284, Do not affect⟳ the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.”

“Think⟳ not, because he affecteth silks and jewels like⟳ a queen, and carrieth himself light⟳ and dainty as a silver birch tree on the mountain, that his hand is light⟳ or his courage doubtful in war.”

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