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   Affect , 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.]
   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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   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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   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.
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   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.
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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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   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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   To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.]
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   This proud man affects imperial sway.
   Dryden.
   
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   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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   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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   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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   Affect , n. [L. affectus.]
   Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [Obs.]
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   (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.
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