affecteth

Verb

affect (third-person singular simple present affects, present participle affecting, simple past and past participle affected)

1. (transitive) To influence or alter.
   • The experience affected me deeply.

   Synonyms:

   alter, change, have an effect on, influence, play a role in, play a part in

2. (transitive) To move to emotion.
   • He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.

   Synonyms:

   move, touch

3. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
   • Hepatitis affects the liver.

   Synonyms:

   attack, harm, infect

4. (archaic, transitive) To dispose or incline.
   • men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC
5. (archaic, transitive) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
   • The drops of every fluid affect a round figure.1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin]...
6. (archaic, transitive) To assign; to appoint.
   • One of the domestics was affected to his special service.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

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