af·fect 2 
(ə-fĕkt)
(ə-fĕkt)tr.v. af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects
1. To put on a false show of; simulate: affected a British accent.
2.
a. To have or show a liking for: affects dramatic clothes.
b. Archaic To fancy; love.
3. To tend to by nature; tend to assume: a substance that affects crystalline form.
4. To imitate; copy: "Spenser, in affecting the ancients, writ no language" (Ben Jonson).
[Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, to strive after, frequentative of afficere, affect-, to affect, influence; see AFFECT1.]
af·fecter n.
- “Frank.”
- “Gabby.”
- “Gerry.”
- “Herbie.”
- “Hotspur.”
- “Ike.”
- “Jelly Roll.”
- “Jim.”
- “Joe.”
- “Kim.”
- “Kit.”
- “Le Douanier.”
- “Tex.”
- “the Black Prince.”
- “the Confessor.”
- “the Hoosier Poet.”
- “the Lady with the Lamp.”
- “Vince.”
- “Willie.”
- Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus.
- Flavius Valerius Constantinus.
- flavivirus
- flavo-
- flavone
- flavonoid