Inflected forms: af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects 1. To put on a false show of; simulate: affected a British accent.2a. To have or show a liking for: affects dramatic clothes.b.Archaic To fancy; love. 3. To tend to by nature; tend to assume: a substance that affects crystalline form.4. To imitate; copy: “Spenser, in affecting the ancients, writ no language” (Ben Jonson).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English affecten, from Latin affectre, to strive after, frequentative of afficere, affect-, to affect, influence. See affect1.
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re, to strive after, frequentative of afficere, affect-, to affect, influence. See affect1.
