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affect1
[verb uh-fekt; noun af-ekt]
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verb (used with object)
to act on; produce an effect or change in:
Cold weather affected the crops.to impress the mind or move the feelings of:
The music affected him deeply.(of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of.
nounPsychology. feeling or emotion.
Psychiatry. an expressed or observed emotional response:
Restricted, flat, or blunted affect may be a symptom of mental illness, especially schizophrenia.Obsolete. affection; passion; sensation; inclination; inward disposition or feeling.
I'm just having trouble pinning down what you mean exactly, by 'affect' here. Making sense of it.