Affect

(v. t.)

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

(v. t.)

To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.

(v. t.)

To love; to regard with affection.

(v. t.)

To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.

(v. t.)

To dispose or incline.

(v. t.)

To aim at; to aspire; to covet.

(v. t.)

To tend to by affinity or disposition.

(v. t.)

To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.

(v. t.)

To assign; to appoint.

(n.)

Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.