(1):

(v. t.) To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

(2):

(n.) The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state. In hysteria, the affect is sometimes entirely dissociated, sometimes transferred to another than the original idea.

(3):

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

(4):

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

(5):

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

(6):

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

(7):

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

(8):

(v. t.) To dispose or incline.

(9):

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

(10):

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

(11):

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