Definition of affect

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Affect (v. t.) To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually..

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Sensation :: Sensation (n.) A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
Euphuistic :: Euphuistic (a.) Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined..
Ardent :: Ardent (a.) Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper..
Affect :: Affect (v. t.) To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch..
Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic..
Perceive :: Perceive (v. t.) To be affected of influented by.
Benediction :: Benediction (n.) A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness..
Implosion :: Implosion (n.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany..
Primp :: Primp (a.) To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.
Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
Pietism :: Pietism (n.) Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion..
Tulipomaniac :: Tulipomaniac (n.) One who is affected with tulipomania.
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..
Sprue :: Spruce (v. i.) To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up..
Frigidness :: Frigidness (n.) The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness..
Concern :: Concern (n.) That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.
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..
Sclerotic :: Sclerotic (a.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
Exclusive :: Exclusive (n.) One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.
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