affect
- Verb. (transitive) To influence or alter.
- Verb. (transitive) To move to emotion.
- Verb. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
- Verb. (transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
- Verb. (transitive, now) To feel affection for; to like, be fond of.
- Verb. (transitive) To make a false display of.
- Noun. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state. (defdate, 14th-17th c.) .
- Noun. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite. (defdate, 16th-17th c.) .
- Noun. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. (defdate, from 19th c.) .
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