affect² /ə-fektˈ/

1. To make a show of preferring
2. To do, wear or inhabit by preference
3. To assume
4. To assume the character of
5. To make a show or pretence of
6. To aim at or aspire to (obsolete)
7. To have a liking for (archaic)

To incline or tend

affectāˈtion /af-ik-/ noun

1. Assumption of or striving after an appearance of what is not natural or real
2. Pretence

affectˈed adjective

1. Full of affectation
2. Feigned

affectˈedly adverb

affectˈedness noun

• nerved
• nerve end
• nerve ending
• nerve endings
• nerve ends
• nerve fibre
• nerve fibres
• nerve gas
• nerve gases
• nerve impulse
• nerve impulses
• nerveless
• nervelessly
• nervelessness
• nervelessnesses
• nervelet
• nervelets
• nerve net
• nerve nets
• nerver
• nerve-racking
• nervers
• nerves
• nerve-wracking
• nervier