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Affected

//əˈfɛktɪd// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Influenced or changed by something.

    "The affected products had to be recalled."

  2. 2
    Simulated in order to impress.

    "He spoke with an affected English accent."

  3. 3
    Emotionally moved; touched.

    "Jones […] was easily prevailed on to satisfy Mr Dowling's curiosity, by relating the history of his birth and education, which he did, like Othello. […] Mr Dowling was indeed very greatly affected with this relation; for he had not divested himself of humanity by being an attorney."

  4. 4
    adfected. archaic

    "an affected equation"

  5. 5
    Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
Adjective
  1. 1
    acted upon; influenced wordnet
  2. 2
    speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression wordnet
  3. 3
    being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone affected, as by a disease.

    "Affecteds felt that they get conflicting orders from superiors more frequently than did nonaffecteds […]. Affecteds were more frequently bothered by feelings of a sharp increase in their workload than nonaffecteds […]."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of affect form-of, participle, past

    "The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost."

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