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   Af·fect

   /əˈfek(t)/

   

   verb

   • 1. have an effect on; make a difference to: "the dampness began to affect my health"
   • ▪ touch the feelings of (someone); move emotionally: "the atrocities he witnessed have affected him most deeply" Similar upsettroublehit hardoverwhelmdevastatedamagehurtpaingrievesaddendistressdisturbperturbagitateshakeshake upstirmovetouchtug at someone's heartstringsmake an impression oninformal:knock for sixknock backbowl overthrowfazeget toOpposite be unaffectedbe indifferent to
   • ▪ (of an illness or medical condition) infect or be present in (someone): "people who are affected by AIDS"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack as a disease’): from French affecter or Latin affect- ‘influenced, affected’, from the verb afficere (see affect2).

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • A

     1

   • F

     4

   • F

     4

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

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