affect
v. influence; move someone (emotionally); attack (of a disease); act as if, pretend; have a certain disposition towards; have an affinity for | ||||
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Affect Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Affect
(v. t.)
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
(v. t.)
To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
(v. t.)
To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
(v. t.)
To love; to regard with affection.
(v. t.)
To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
(v. t.)
To dispose or incline.
(v. t.)
To assign; to appoint.
(v. t.)
To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
(v. t.)
To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
(n.)
Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
(v. t.)
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
(v. t.)
To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
(v. t.)
To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
(v. t.)
To love; to regard with affection.
(v. t.)
To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
(v. t.)
To dispose or incline.
(v. t.)
To assign; to appoint.
(v. t.)
To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
(v. t.)
To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
(n.)
Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
| WordNet 2.0 |
affect
Noun
1. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
(hypernym) feeling
(derivation) impress, move, strike
Verb
1. have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
(synonym) impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) strike a blow
2. act physically on; have an effect upon
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) attack
3. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
(synonym) involve, regard
(hypernym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
(hyponym) implicate
4. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
(synonym) feign, sham, pretend, dissemble
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) play possum
(verb-group) make, pretend, make believe
5. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
(synonym) impress, move, strike
(hyponym) infect
(cause) feel, experience
(verb-group) hit, strike, come to
Noun
1. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
(hypernym) feeling
(derivation) impress, move, strike
Verb
1. have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
(synonym) impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) strike a blow
2. act physically on; have an effect upon
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) attack
3. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
(synonym) involve, regard
(hypernym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
(hyponym) implicate
4. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
(synonym) feign, sham, pretend, dissemble
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) play possum
(verb-group) make, pretend, make believe
5. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
(synonym) impress, move, strike
(hyponym) infect
(cause) feel, experience
(verb-group) hit, strike, come to
| Shakespeare Words |
AFFECT
to love
to love
| hEnglish - advanced version |
affect
affect
\af*fect"\, n. [l. affectus.] affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [obs.]
affect
\af*fect"\ (ăf*f&ebreve;kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. affected; p. pr. & vb. n. affecting.] [l. affectus, p. p. of afficere to affect by active agency; ad + facere to make: cf. f. affectere, l. affectare, freq. of afficere. see fact.]
1. to act upon; to produce an effect or change upon. as might affect the earth with cold heat. the climate affected their health and spirits.
2. to influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch. a consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles.
3. to love; to regard with affection. [obs.] as for queen katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved, her.
4. to show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually. for he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for it, indeed. do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great. azlitt.
5. to dispose or incline. men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty.
6. to aim at; to aspire; to covet. [obs.] this proud man affects imperial &?;way.
7. to tend to by affinity or disposition. the drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
8. to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance. careless she is with artful care, affecting to seem unaffected. ongreve. thou dost affect my manners.
9. to assign; to appoint. [r.] one of the domestics was affected to his special service.
affect
\af*fect"\, n. [l. affectus.] affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [obs.]
affect
\af*fect"\ (ăf*f&ebreve;kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. affected; p. pr. & vb. n. affecting.] [l. affectus, p. p. of afficere to affect by active agency; ad + facere to make: cf. f. affectere, l. affectare, freq. of afficere. see fact.]
1. to act upon; to produce an effect or change upon. as might affect the earth with cold heat. the climate affected their health and spirits.
2. to influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch. a consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles.
3. to love; to regard with affection. [obs.] as for queen katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved, her.
4. to show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually. for he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for it, indeed. do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great. azlitt.
5. to dispose or incline. men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty.
6. to aim at; to aspire; to covet. [obs.] this proud man affects imperial &?;way.
7. to tend to by affinity or disposition. the drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
8. to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance. careless she is with artful care, affecting to seem unaffected. ongreve. thou dost affect my manners.
9. to assign; to appoint. [r.] one of the domestics was affected to his special service.
| for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America |
affect
To act upon
To act upon
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
affect
téigh i bhfeidhm ar
téigh i bhfeidhm ar
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Taro
Taro = v. to strike; to affect
Taro = v. to strike; to affect
Affect Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
affect
verb
to make something change; some organs are rapidly affected if the patient lacks oxygen for even a short time
verb
to make something change; some organs are rapidly affected if the patient lacks oxygen for even a short time
affection
noun
type of feeling; general state of a person's emotions
QUOTE:Depression has degrees of severity, ranging from sadness, through flatness of affect or feeling, to suicide and psychosis British Journal of Nursing
Affect Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
affect
inflecto, moveo moti motum, contineo
inflecto, moveo moti motum, contineo
Affect Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Affect
dau
dau
Affect Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Affect
The term Affect generally suggests an emotion. It is used in various ways in various contexts:
- Affect (philosophy).
- Affect (psychology), referring to feeling or emotion.
- Affect display (psychology) refers to apparent signs of emotion, such as facial expression, vocalization, and posture
- Affective science, the scientific study of emotion.
- Any of several terms in abnormal psychology, including.
- Blunted affect or affective flattening, a reduction in emotional reactivity.
- Labile affect, the unstable display of emotion.
- Affective computing, an area of research in computer science aiming to simulate emotional processes.
- Literary affects, the emotional experience generated in a reader by a text, such as catharsis kairosis and kenosis.
- Affekt (the German term, which is often used in this context) in musical and other aesthetic theory. (The article currently redirects to Doctrine of the affections.)
- Doctrine of the affections, an important theory in musical aesthetics.
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