the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] > be affected by (5)
To submit to some physical action or agent (e.g. pressure, friction, heat, etc.) so as to be affected by it.
intransitive. To suffer with or like another; to be affected in consequence of the affection of some one or something else; to be similarly or…
intransitive. To be afflicted or affected by something deleteriously, or so as to behave in an… Generally. In early use esp. with reference to…