affect

Etymology 1
From, from , from , the participle stem of , from +.

Verb

 * 1)  To influence or alter.
 * 2)  To move to emotion.
 * 3)  Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
 * 4)  To dispose or incline.
 * 5)  To tend to by affinity or disposition.
 * 6)  To assign; to appoint.
 * 7)  To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
 * 1)  Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
 * 2)  To dispose or incline.
 * 3)  To tend to by affinity or disposition.
 * 4)  To assign; to appoint.
 * 5)  To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
 * 1)  To dispose or incline.
 * 2)  To tend to by affinity or disposition.
 * 3)  To assign; to appoint.
 * 4)  To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
 * 1)  To assign; to appoint.
 * 2)  To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
 * 1)  To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
 * 1)  To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.

Usage notes
Affect and are sometimes confused. Affect conveys influence over something that already exists, but effect indicates the manifestation of new or original ideas or entities: The former indicates that major changes were made as a result of new policies, while the latter indicates that before new policies, major changes were in place, and that the new policies had some influence over these existing changes.
 * "...new policies have effected major changes in government."
 * "...new policies have affected major changes in government."

The verbal noun uses of affect are distinguished from the verbal noun uses of effect more clearly than the regular verb forms. An affect is something that acts or acted upon something else. However, an effect is the result of an action (by something else).

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Asturian: afeutar
 * Belarusian: уплываць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 影響
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: nasya
 * Croatian: utjecati
 * Czech:
 * Danish: påvirke
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: ávirka
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Irish: téigh i bhfeidhm ar
 * Italian:, ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: kawekawe
 * Norwegian: influere, gå utover
 * Bokmål: påvirke
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:,  ,
 * Scots: affek
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tocharian B: yām-
 * Ukrainian: впливати, вплинути


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: berøre,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: affek
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: påvirke,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: zaafektować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Ido:

Etymology 2
From, from , , and their source, , frequentative of (see Etymology 1, above).

Verb

 * 1)  To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
 * 2)  To aim for, to try to obtain.
 * 3)  To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
 * 4)  To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
 * 5) * 1825,, “On the Conduct of life: or Advice to a schoolboy” in Table-Talk Volume II, Paris: A. & W. Galignani, p. 284,
 * Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.
 * 1)  To aim for, to try to obtain.
 * 2)  To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
 * 3)  To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
 * 4) * 1825,, “On the Conduct of life: or Advice to a schoolboy” in Table-Talk Volume II, Paris: A. & W. Galignani, p. 284,
 * Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.
 * 1)  To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
 * 2)  To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
 * 3) * 1825,, “On the Conduct of life: or Advice to a schoolboy” in Table-Talk Volume II, Paris: A. & W. Galignani, p. 284,
 * Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.
 * 1)  To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
 * 2) * 1825,, “On the Conduct of life: or Advice to a schoolboy” in Table-Talk Volume II, Paris: A. & W. Galignani, p. 284,
 * Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.
 * 1)  To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
 * 2) * 1825,, “On the Conduct of life: or Advice to a schoolboy” in Table-Talk Volume II, Paris: A. & W. Galignani, p. 284,
 * Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.
 * 1) * 1825,, “On the Conduct of life: or Advice to a schoolboy” in Table-Talk Volume II, Paris: A. & W. Galignani, p. 284,
 * Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.
 * Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German:, leiden können,
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, ,


 * Bulgarian: преструвам се,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 3
From, from , , from.

Noun

 * 1)   A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
 * 2)  One's mood or inclination; mental state.
 * 3)  A desire, an appetite.
 * 1)  One's mood or inclination; mental state.
 * 2)  A desire, an appetite.

Usage notes
Affect and can both be used as nouns or verbs, but when used as a noun the word affect is limited to the above psychology uses and the definitions for effect are much more common. See also the usage notes as a verb above.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: afekcio
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, érzelmi változás/jelenség,
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: aфект,
 * Slovene: afekt


 * Lithuanian:

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  ; emotion

Verb

 * 1) to
 * 2)  to burden property with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction

Noun

 * , mood