[əˈfɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- have an effect on; make a difference to
(e.g: the dampness began to affect my health)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack as a disease’): from French affecter or Latin affect- ‘influenced, affected’, from the verb afficere (see affect)

[əˈfɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pretend to have or feel (something)
(e.g: as usual I affected a supreme unconcern)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from French affecter or Latin affectare ‘aim at’, frequentative of afficere ‘work on, influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘like, love’, hence ‘(like to) use, assume, etc.’

[ˈafɛkt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- emotion or desire as influencing behaviour


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century (in philosophy, in the sense ‘an emotional, unreflective response’): coined in German from Latin affectus ‘disposition’, from afficere ‘to influence’ (see affect)