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verb (used with object)
1.
to give the appearance of; pretend or feign: to affect knowledge of the situation.
2.
to assume artificially, pretentiously, or for effect: to affect a Southern accent.
3.
to use, wear, or adopt by preference; choose; prefer: the peculiar costume he affected.
4.
to assume the character or attitude of: to affect the freethinker.
5.
EXPAND(of things) to tend toward habitually or naturally: a substance that affects colloidal form.
verb (used without object)
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Obsolete. to incline, tend, or favor (usually followed by to): He affects to the old ways.
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Word Origin & History
affect
"to make a pretense of," 1660s, earlier "to assume the character of (someone)" (1590s); originally in Eng. "to aim at, aspire to, make for" (late 15c.), from M.Fr. affecter (15c.), from L. affectare "to strive after, aim at," freq. of afficere (pp. affectus) "to do something to, act on" (see
EXPAND affect (n.)).
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Medical Dictionary
affect af·fect (ə-fěkt')
v. af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects
To have an influence on or affect a change in.
To attack or infect, as a disease.
A feeling or emotion as distinguished from thought, or action.
A strong feeling with active consequences.
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