affect

To influence or alter.

The experience affected me deeply.

The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.

To move to emotion.

He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.

A consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles.

Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

Hepatitis affects the liver.

To dispose or incline.

men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty

To tend to by affinity or disposition.

The drops of every fluid affect a round figure.

To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.

to affect ignorance

to affect a British accent

To aim for, to try to obtain.

Duke.[...] I loue the people, But doe not like to stage me to their eyes: Though it doe well, I doe not rellish well Their lowd applause, and Aues vehement: Nor doe I thinke the man of safe discretion That do's affect it.

For it is believed, that he never was married, affecting and embracing Chastity through the whole course of his Life.

To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.

There is a Lady in Verona heere Whom I affect: but she is nice, and coy, And naught esteemes my aged eloquence.

From that day forth she gan to him affect, / And daily more her favour to augment […]

To show a fondness for (something); to choose.

Amongst humane conditions this one is very common, that we are rather pleased with strange things then with our owne; we love changes, affect alterations, and like innovations.

Go, let him have a table by himself, for he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for’t, indeed.

A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.

if we are afraid of robbers in a dream, the robbers are certainly imaginary, but the fear is real. This draws our attention to the fact that the development of affects [translating Affectentwicklung] in dreams is not amenable to the judgement we make of the rest of the dream-content [...].

A third study demonstrated that the effects of self-affirmation on self-regulated performance were not due to positive affect.

One's mood or inclination; mental state.

A desire, an appetite.