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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Pumiced :: Pumiced (a.) Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is a growth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall. The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot..
Enzootic :: Enzootic (a.) Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.
Frosty :: Frosty (a.) Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage.
Photopsia :: Photopsia (n.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene..
Sunup :: Sun-struck (a.) Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers..
Disinclination :: Disinclination (n.) The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition..
Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient..
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..
Climate :: Climate (v. i.) The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life..
Tossy :: Tossy (a.) Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace..
Moon-eyed :: Moon-eyed (a.) Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
Cordiality :: Cordiality (n.) Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness.
Adfected :: Adfected (v.) See Affected, 5..
Luck :: Luck (n.) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill..
Accismus :: Accismus (n.) Affected refusal; coyness.
Palsy :: Palsy (v. t.) To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze..
Mouth :: Mouth (v. i.) To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant..
Insinuation :: Insinuation (n.) The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition..
Gangrenous :: Gangrenous (a.) Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene..
Influenza :: Influenza (n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever..
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