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affect¹
- /əˈfɛkt/ US, UK
- /əˈfekt/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like effect (weak vowel merger) · Rhymes with -ɛkt
Where it comes from
From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”). By surface analysis, af- + Latin -fect.
verb affects · affecting · affected · affect
- To influence or alter. The experience affected me deeply.
- To move to emotion. He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.
- Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). Hepatitis affects the liver.
- To dispose or incline. men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty
- To tend to by affinity or disposition. The drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
- To assign; to appoint. One of the domestics was affected to his special service.
- To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
- To feign or pretend. The light above the door made it unconvincing to affect that no one was at home.
affect²
- /əˈfɛkt/
Rhymes with -ɛkt
Where it comes from
From Middle English affecten, from Anglo-Norman affecter (“strive after”), Middle French affecter (“feign”), and their source, Latin affectāre (“to strive after, aim to do, pursue, imitate with dissimulation, feign”), frequentative of afficere (“to act upon, influence”) (see Etymology 1, above).
verb affects · affecting · affected
- To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. to affect ignorance
- To aim for, to try to obtain. Duke.[...] I loue the people, But doe not like to stage me to their eyes: Though it doe well, I doe not rellish well Their lowd applause, and Aues vehement: Nor doe I thinke the man of safe discretion That do's affect it.
- To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. There is a Lady in Verona heere Whom I affect: but she is nice, and coy, And naught esteemes my aged eloquence.
- To show a fondness for (something); to choose. Amongst humane conditions this one is very common, that we are rather pleased with strange things then with our owne; we love changes, affect alterations, and like innovations.
affect³
- /ˈæ.fɛkt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, adfectus (“a state of mind or body produced by some (external) influence, especially sympathy or love”), from afficere (“to act upon, influence”).
noun affects
- A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. if we are afraid of robbers in a dream, the robbers are certainly imaginary, but the fear is real. This draws our attention to the fact that the development of affects [translating Affectentwicklung] in dreams is not amenable to the judgement we make of the rest of the dream-content [...].
- One's mood or inclination; mental state.
- A desire, an appetite.
