noun
- The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion.
verb
- Have an effect upon.
- usage: "Will the new rules affect me"
- Act physically on; have an effect upon.
- usage: "the medicine affects my heart rate"
- Connect closely and often incriminatingly.
- usage: "This new ruling affects your business"
- Make believe with the intent to deceive.
- usage: "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
- Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
- usage: "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
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