Definition of affect

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Affect (v. t.) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance..

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Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather..
Endearment :: Endearment (n.) The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection..
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire..
Goitred :: Goitred (a.) Affected with goiter.
Idiopathy :: Idiopathy (n.) A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection..
Favor :: Favor (n.) A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding..
Fraternal :: Fraternal (a.) Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace..
Hoarse :: Hoarse (superl.) Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear..
Wit-snapper :: Wit-snapper (n.) One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker.
Frigidness :: Frigidness (n.) The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness..
Flame :: Flame (n.) Ardor of affection; the passion of love.
Icteritous :: Icteritous (a.) Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.
Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue..
Excitability :: Excitability (n.) The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.
Warburg''s Tincture :: Warburg's tincture () A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London..
Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men..
Affecter :: Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after..
Tremulous :: Tremulous (a.) Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.
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