Word Definition

Affect

  1. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
  2. To love; to regard with affection.
  3. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
  4. To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
  5. To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
  6. To assign; to appoint.
  7. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
  8. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
  9. Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
  10. To dispose or incline.