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Affect

verb

(past & past part. affected; pres. part. affecting)

Have an effect upon. Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on.

Act physically on; have an effect upon.

Connect closely and often incriminatingly. Synonyms: involve, regard.

Make believe with the intent to deceive. Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham. "He shammed a headache"

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. Synonyms: impress, move, strike. "This behavior struck me as odd"

noun

The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion.

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"Affect" Quotes from Famous Books

... had so astonished the young girl brought up by the Benedictine nuns, felt the inspiration of her emotion and excitement. Jacqueline was in a frame of mind which made reading those three masterpieces by three great poets, and pondering the meaning of their words, very dangerous. The poems did not affect her with the melancholy they inspire in those who have "lived and loved," but she was attracted by their tenderness and their passion. Certain lines she applied to herself—certain others to another person. The very word love so often repeated in the verses sent a thrill through all her frame. ...

— Jacqueline, Complete • (Mme. Blanc) Th. Bentzon

... my opinion, this universal applause over his book is going to land that man in a Retreat inside of two months. I notice the papers say mighty fine things about your book, too. You ought to try to get into the same establishment with Howells. But applause does not affect me—I am always calm—this is because ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... short commons, for to-day, as I am physically tired with hard work of every kind, the labours of the planter and the author both piled upon me mountain deep. I am delighted beyond expression by Bourget's book: he has phrases which affect me almost like Montaigne; I had read ere this a masterly essay of his on Pascal; this book does it; I write for all his essays by this mail, and shall try to meet him when I come to Europe. The proposal is to pass a summer in France, ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... city fare in general is light and dry. He saves more picking up horseshoes when the snow melts than many persons do in all their lives. He works all the year round: he thrashes in midwinter with the thermometer below zero. The hard times affect him no more than a fly would a rhinoceros. This is perfectly exasperating to the poor spendthrift, good-for-nothing, lazy part of the community. The tramp hired man is particularly mad about it; he declares the ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 • Various

... steal second, and if the catcher throws down to catch him, the one on third goes for home. To meet this play on the part of the runners is by no means easy, but it can nevertheless be done. If the one run will not affect the general result of the game, it may be well to pay no attention to the runner from third and try only to put out the one from first, thus clearing the bases. But if it is necessary to prevent the run scoring, the second baseman must ...

— Base-Ball - How to Become a Player • John M. Ward

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