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To influence or alter.

Example: The experience affected me deeply.

To move to emotion.

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

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

Example: Hepatitis affects the liver.

To dispose or incline.

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

Example: He managed to affect a smile despite feeling quite miserable.

To aim for, to try to obtain.

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

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

Someone affected, as by a disease.

Influenced or changed by something.

Example: The affected products had to be recalled.

Simulated in order to impress.

Example: He spoke with an affected English accent.

Emotionally moved; touched.

Adfected.

Example: an affected equation