The Meaning of affect

• (v. t.) To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
• (v. t.) To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
• (v. t.) To love; to regard with affection.
• (v. t.) To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
• (v. t.) To dispose or incline.
• (v. t.) To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
• (v. t.) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
• (v. t.) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
• (v. t.) To assign; to appoint.
• (n.) Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.

Synonyms

impact , bear upon , bear on , touch on , touch , involve , regard , feign , sham , pretend , dissemble , impress , move , strike

Rhymes

aftereffect , albrecht , architect , aspect , becht , bedecked , brecht , checked , circumspect , collect , confect , connect , correct , decked , defect , deflect , deject , deregt , detect , dialect , direct , disaffect , disconnect , disinfect , disrespect , dissect , effect , eject , elect , erect , expect , fecht , hecht , henpecked , incorrect , indirect , infect , inject , insect , inspect , intellect , interconnect , interject , intersect , introspect , knecht , misdirect , necked , neglect , nondirect , object , overprotect , pecht , perfect , prefect , project , protect , rechecked , recht , recollect , reconnect , redirect , reflect , reinspect , reject , respect , resurrect , retrospect , schlecht , sect , select , specht , subject , suspect , teleconnect , trekked , unchecked , wecht , whelked , wrecked