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affecting
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affecting
Adjective
  • Producing strong feelings and emotions.
Verb
  • present participle of affect
affect
Verb
  • To influence or alter. transitive
  • To move to emotion. transitive
  • Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). transitive
  • To dispose or incline. transitive, archaic
  • To tend to by affinity or disposition. transitive, archaic
  • To assign; to appoint. transitive, archaic
Verb
  • To aim for, to try to obtain. [15th-19th c.] obsolete, transitive
  • To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. [from 16th c.] transitive, now rare
  • To show a fondness for (something); to choose. [from 16th c.] transitive, obsolete
  • To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.] transitive
Noun
  • One's mood or inclination; mental state. [14th-17th c.] obsolete
  • A desire, an appetite. [16th-17th c.] obsolete
  • A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.] psychology