1. (v. t.) To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon; to influence; as, humidity can affect his health.

2. (v. t.) To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.

3. (v. t.) To love; to regard with affection.

4. (v. t.) To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.

5. (v. t.) To dispose or incline.

6. (v. t.) To aim at; to aspire; to covet.

7. (v. t.) To tend to by affinity or disposition.

8. (v. t.) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.

9. (v. t.) To assign; to appoint.

10. (n.) Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.