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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Affect \Af*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affected; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Affecting.] [L. affectus, p. p. of afficere to affect by
     active agency; ad + facere to make: cf. F. affectere, L.
     affectare, freq. of afficere. See Fact.]
     1. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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              As might affect the earth with cold heat. --Milton.
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              The climate affected their health and spirits.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to
        touch.
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              A consideration of the rationale of our passions
              seems to me very necessary for all who would affect
              them upon solid and pure principles.
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     3. To love; to regard with affection. [Obs.]
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              As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than
              affected, rather honored than loved, her. --Fuller.
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     4. To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to
        choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
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              For he does neither affect company, nor is he fit
              for it, indeed.                       --Shak.
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              Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank,
              nor court that of the great. --Hazlitt.
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     5. To dispose or incline.
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              Men whom they thought best affected to religion and
              their country's liberty.              --Milton.
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     6. To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.]
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              This proud man affects imperial ?way. --Dryden.
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     7. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
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              The drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
                                                    --Newton.
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     8. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to
        assume; as, to affect ignorance.
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              Careless she is with artful care,
              Affecting to seem unaffected.         --Congreve.
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              Thou dost affect my manners.          --Shak.
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     9. To assign; to appoint. [R.]
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              One of the domestics was affected to his special
              service.                              --Thackeray.
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     Syn: To influence; operate; act on; concern; move; melt;
          soften; subdue; overcome; pretend; assume.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Affect \Af*fect"\ ([a^]f*f[e^]kt"), n. [L. affectus.]
     1. Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
        [Obs.] --Shak.
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     2. (Psychotherapy) The emotional complex associated with an
        idea or mental state. In hysteria, the affect is sometimes
        entirely dissociated, sometimes transferred to another
        than the original idea.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Affect \Af*fect"\ ([a^]f*f[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Affected; p. pr. & vb. n. Affecting.] [L. affectus, p. p.
     of afficere to affect by active agency; ad + facere to make:
     cf. F. affectere, L. affectare, freq. of afficere. See
     Fact.]
     1. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
  
              As might affect the earth with cold heat. --Milton.
  
              The climate affected their health and spirits.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     2. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to
        touch.
  
              A consideration of the rationale of our passions
              seems to me very necessary for all who would affect
              them upon solid and pure principles.  --Burke.
  
     3. To love; to regard with affection. [Obs.]
  
              As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than
              affected, rather honored than loved, her. --Fuller.
  
     4. To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to
        choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
  
              For he does neither affect company, nor is he fit
              for it, indeed.                       --Shak.
  
              Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank,
              nor court that of the great.          --Hazlitt.
  
     5. To dispose or incline.
  
              Men whom they thought best affected to religion and
              their country's liberty.              --Milton.
  
     6. To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.]
  
              This proud man affects imperial ?way. --Dryden.
  
     7. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
  
              The drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
                                                    --Newton.
  
     8. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to
        assume; as, to affect ignorance.
  
              Careless she is with artful care, Affecting to seem
              unaffected.                           --Congreve.
  
              Thou dost affect my manners.          --Shak.
  
     9. To assign; to appoint. [R.]
  
              One of the domestics was affected to his special
              service.                              --Thackeray.
  
     Syn: To influence; operate; act on; concern; move; melt;
          soften; subdue; overcome; pretend; assume.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Affect \Af*fect"\, n. [L. affectus.]
     Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [Obs.]
     --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Affect \Af*fect"\, n. (Psychotherapy)
     The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental
     state. In hysteria, the affect is sometimes entirely
     dissociated, sometimes transferred to another than the
     original idea.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  affect
       n : the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
       v 1: have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [syn: impact,
             bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch]
       2: act physically on; have an effect upon
       3: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling
          affects your business" [syn: involve, regard]
       4: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he
          was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend,
           dissemble]
       5: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child
          impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck
          me as odd" [syn: impress, move, strike]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  affect
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 επηρεάζω
     2 συγκινώ
     3 προσποιούμαι κάτι
     4 προσβάλλω (π.χ. για αρρώστια που προσβάλλει ένα μέρος του σώματος)
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 επηρεάζω
     2 συγκινώ
     3 προσποιούμαι κάτι
     4 προσβάλλω (π.χ. για αρρώστια που προσβάλλει ένα μέρος του σώματος)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  affect
     Scots vb.
     1 to (l en affect)
     2 (lb sco law) to burden property with a fixed charge or payment, or
  other condition or restriction
     Scots n.
     (l sco affect), mood
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To influence or alter.
     2 (senseid en move to emotion)(lb en transitive) To move to emotion.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to
  feign; to assume. To make a false display of. (from 16th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.  15th
  19th c.)
     n.
     (lb en psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a
  thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in
  external physical signs. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Affect
     German n.
     m (de-superseded spelling of Affekt used=pre-1901)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  affect
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To influence or alter.
     2 (senseid en move to emotion)(lb en transitive) To move to emotion.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to
  feign; to assume. To make a false display of. (from 16th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.  15th
  19th c.)
     n.
     (lb en psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a
  thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in
  external physical signs. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  affect
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To influence or alter.
     2 (senseid en move to emotion)(lb en transitive) To move to emotion.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to
  feign; to assume. To make a false display of. (from 16th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.  15th
  19th c.)
     n.
     (lb en psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a
  thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in
  external physical signs. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Affect
     German n.
     m (de-superseded spelling of Affekt used=pre-1901)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  affect
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To influence or alter.
     2 (senseid en move to emotion)(lb en transitive) To move to emotion.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to
  feign; to assume. To make a false display of. (from 16th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.  15th
  19th c.)
     n.
     (lb en psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a
  thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in
  external physical signs. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Affect
     German n.
     m (de-superseded spelling of Affekt used=pre-1901)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  affect
     Englanti n.
     1 tunne
     2 mielenliikutus
     3 kiihtymys
     4 tunnereaktio
     Englanti vb.
     1 vaikuttaa (johonkin jo olevaan)
     2 koskettaa (tunteellisesti)
     3 (''lääketiede'') kohdata (taudista)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  affect
     Engelska n.
     affekt
     Engelska vb.
     1 afficiera, påverka, beröra, attackera, röra
     2 (dödform)(tagg kat=ålderdomligt språk=en) ha tycke för;
     3 (dödform) uppvisa eller anta öppet; anta eller låtsas falskeligen
     4 (dödform) aspirera, längta efter

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  affect /ɐfˈɛkt/
  1. aandoen
  2. beïnvloed
  3. aangry

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Affect /ɐfˈɛkt/
  أثّر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  affect //ˈæ.fɛkt// 
  афе́кт
  psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  affect //əˈfɛkt// 
  1. поразявам
  to infect or harm
  2. въздействам, действам
  to influence or alter
  3. вълнувам, засягам
  to move to emotion
  4. имитирам, преструвам се
  to make a false display of