affect

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈfɛkt/]

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1. affect (verb) — sense 1

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

Example: to affect ignorance

2. affect (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To aim for, to try to obtain.

Example: 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.

3. affect (verb) — sense 3

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

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

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