affect

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To influence or alter.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To move to emotion.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, now) To feel affection for; to like, be fond of.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To make a false display of.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state. (defdate, 14th-17th c.) .
  8. Noun.  (obsolete) A desire, an appetite. (defdate, 16th-17th c.) .
  9. 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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