Definition of affect

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Affect (v. t.) To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure..
Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers..
Heady :: Heady (a.) Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..
Affectionated :: Affectionated (a.) Disposed; inclined.
Common :: Common (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer..
Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse..
Calenture :: Calenture (v. i.) To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
Ecstasy :: Ecstasy (n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected..
Snuffle :: Snuffle (n.) An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy..
Drawl :: Drawl (v. i.) To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc..
Whine :: Whine (n.) A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint..
Jaundiced :: Jaundiced (a.) Affected with jaundice.
Anglomaniac :: Anglomaniac (n.) One affected with Anglomania.
Choking :: Choking (a.) Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion..
Rheumatism :: Rheumatism (n.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart..
Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain..
Formalize :: Formalize (v. i.) To affect formality.
Asthmatic :: Asthmatic (n.) A person affected with asthma.
Disincline :: Disincline (v. t.) To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
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