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affect
Part of speech: VerbTo produce an effect upon; as, heat affects the body; to influence; to be fond of; to pretend.
Usage examples "affect":- What was there in those words thus to affect her? - "Maggie Miller", Mary J. Holmes.
- All stocks that are sold short must be bought sooner or later, and when that buying takes place, it may affect the market very much. - "Successful Stock Speculation", John James Butler.
- A case which at one time threatened seriously to affect the relations between the United States and Spain has already been disposed of in this way. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.