Meaning Of 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.