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affect (ə-fĕktʹ) verb, transitive

affected, affecting, affects

1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.

2. To act on the emotions of; touch or move.

3. To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.

noun

(ăfʹĕkt)

1. Psychology. a. A feeling or emotion as distinguished from cognition, thought, or action. b. A strong feeling having active consequences.

2. Obsolete. A disposition, feeling, or tendency.

 

[Latin afficere, affect- : ad-, ad- + facere, to do.]

Synonyms: affect, influence, impress, touch, move, strike. These verbs are compared as they mean to produce a mental or emotional effect. To affect is to act upon a person's emotions: The adverse criticism the book received didn't affect the author one way or another. Influence implies a degree of control or sway over the thinking and actions, as well as the emotions, of another: "Humanity is profoundly influenced by what you do" (John Paul II). To impress is to produce a marked, deep, often enduring effect: "The Tibetan landscape particularly impressed him" (Doris Kerns Quinn). Touch usually means to arouse a tender response, such as love, gratitude, or compassion: "The tributes[to the two deceased musicians]were fitting and touching" (Daniel Cariaga). Move suggests profound emotional effect that sometimes leads to action or has a further consequence: The account of her experiences as a refugee moved us to tears. Strike implies keenness or force of mental response to a stimulus: I was struck by the sudden change in his behavior.

Usage Note: Affect1 and effect have no senses in common. As a verb affect1 is most commonly used in the sense of "to influence" (how smoking affects health). Effect means "to bring about or execute": layoffs designed to effect savings. Thus the sentence These measures may affect savings could imply that the measures may reduce savings that have already been realized, whereas These measures may effect savings implies that the measures will cause new savings to come about.