What is the meaning of affect?

noun

• The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion.

verb

• Have an effect upon.
  • usage: "Will the new rules affect me"
  • synonyms: impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• 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"
  • synonyms: involve, regard
• Make believe with the intent to deceive.
  • usage: "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
  • synonyms: feign, sham, pretend, dissemble
• Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
  • usage: "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
  • synonyms: impress, move, strike