Definition of affected

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Affected (p. p. & a.) Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.

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Thermopile :: Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat..
Icteritous :: Icteritous (a.) Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.
Indignant :: Indignant (a.) Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression..
Irritation :: Irritation (n.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..
Ergotized :: Ergotized (a.) Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye..
Incorrupt :: Incorrupt (a.) Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.
Myopic :: Myopic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted..
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..
Bleared :: Bleared (a.) Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum..
Affectedness :: Affectedness (n.) Affectation.
Cant :: Cant (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking..
Lunatic :: Lunatic (n.) A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind..
Monomaniac :: Monomaniac (n.) A person affected by monomania.
Rust :: Rust (v. i.) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants..
Vapored :: Vapored (a.) Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5..
Itch :: Itch (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected..
Spurrer :: Spurred (a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye..
Mealy-mouthed :: Mealy-mouthed (a.) Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
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