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Definition affect

Etymology 1

From Middle English affecten, from Latin affect?re, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”).

Verb

affect (third-person singular simple present affects, present participle affecting, simple past and past participle affected)

1. (transitive) To influence or alter.
2. (transitive) To move to emotion.
3. (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
4. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
5. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
6. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.

Etymology 2

From Middle English affecten, from Anglo-Norman affecter (“strive after”), Middle French affecter (“feign”), and their source, Latin affect?re (“to strive after, aim to do, pursue, imitate with dissimulation, feign”), frequentative of afficere (“to act upon, influence”) (see Etymology 1, above).

Verb

affect (third-person singular simple present affects, present participle affecting, simple past and past participle affected)

1. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain. [15th-19th c.]
3. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. [from 16th c.]
4. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose. [from 16th c.]

Etymology 3

Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, adfectus (“a state of mind or body produced by some (external) influence, especially sympathy or love”), from afficere (“to act upon, influence”)

Noun

affect (plural affects)

1. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state. [14th-17th c.]
2. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite. [16th-17th c.]
3. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]

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