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Affect

verb

(past & past part. affected; pres. part. affecting)

Have an effect upon. Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on.

Act physically on; have an effect upon.

Connect closely and often incriminatingly. Synonyms: involve, regard.

Make believe with the intent to deceive. Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham. "He shammed a headache"

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. Synonyms: impress, move, strike. "This behavior struck me as odd"

noun

The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion.

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... characteristics of a gentleman. He was ignorant of grammatical rules and definitions, yet his conversation would have been accepted in good circles of New England society. This man had his faults, but they were not grievous faults, nor did they in any manner affect the qualities ...

— Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions • George S. Boutwell

... near to his mat. As at birth, he is not in a position to protect his body from the designs of evil spirits, and if his relatives fail to give the corpse proper care, it is certain to be mutilated; likewise certain acts of the living towards the corpse can affect the position of the spirit in Maglawa. Hence it is of supreme importance that the former owner guards against any possible neglect or injury to the body, and it seems plausible that the presence of the spirit near its old haunts may ...

— The Tinguian - Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe • Fay-Cooper Cole

... first manifested by inability to swallow. This is associated with the accumulation of secretion in the pyriform sinuses (the author's sign of esophageal stenosis) which overflows into the larynx and incites violent coughing. Motor paralysis may affect the constrictors or the esophageal muscular ...

— Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy - A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery • Chevalier Jackson

... king, "I affect no false modesty; I know very well that I have the clearest head of any in my council; my ministers themselves are forced to acknowledge it, for they are always of my opinion; but with all this there is more wisdom ...

— Laboulaye's Fairy Book • Various

... is a law which fixes a penalty for acts done before the law was passed, or which increases the penalty of a crime after it is committed. Laws for punishing crime more severely can take effect only after their passage; they can not affect a crime ...

— Elements of Civil Government • Alexander L. Peterman

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