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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Coquet :: Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime..
Ardency :: Ardency (n.) Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder..
Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness..
Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Leper :: Leper (n.) A person affected with leprosy.
Icterical :: Icterical (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice..
Missy :: Missy (n.) An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss; a young girl; a miss..
Hyppish :: Hyppish (a.) Affected with hypochondria; hypped.
Smell :: Smell (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..
Comparative :: Comparative (n.) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
Lunatic :: Lunatic (a.) Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.
Spruce :: Spruce (v. t.) To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
Insensuous :: Insensuous (a.) Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses..
Affectionately :: Affectionately (adv.) With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.
Color-blind :: Color-blind (a.) Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n..
Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Atrabilarious :: Atrabilarious (a.) Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.
Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection..
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