affect to

[uh-fekt]

af·fect

2[uh-fekt]
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.
(of things) to tend toward habitually or naturally: a substance that affects colloidal form.
EXPAND
6.
(of animals and plants) to occupy or inhabit; live in or on: Lions affect Africa. Moss affects the northern slopes.
7.
Archaic.
a.
to have affection for; fancy.
b.
to aim at; aspire to.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
8.
Obsolete. to incline, tend, or favor (usually followed by to): He affects to the old ways.

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Affect to is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French affecter < Latin affectāre to strive after, feign (frequentative of afficere to do to), equivalent to af- af- + fec- (see affect1) + -tāre frequentative suffix

af·fect·er, noun


1. See pretend.


See affect1.

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