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Webster 1913 Edition

Affected

Af-fect′ed

(ăf-fĕkt′ĕd)
,
p.
p.
&
Adj.
1.
Regarded with affection; beloved.
[Obs.]
His
affected
Hercules.
Chapman.
2.
Inclined; disposed; attached.
How stand you
affected
to his wish?
Shakespeare
3.
Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.
He is . . . too spruce, too
affected
, too odd.
Shakespeare
4.
Assumed artificially; not natural.
Affected
coldness and indifference.
Addison.
5.
(Alg.)
Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected;
as, an
affected
equation
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Affected

AFFECT'ED

,
pp.
1.
Impressed; moved, or touched, either in person or in interest; having suffered some change by external force, loss, danger, and the like; as, we are more or less affected by the failure of the bank.
2.
Touched in the feelings; having the feelings excited; as, affected with cold or heat.
3.
Having the passions moved; as, affected with sorrow or joy.
4.
a. Inclined, or disposed; followed by to; as, well affected to government.
5.
a. Given to false show; assuming, or pretending to possess what is not natural or real; as, an affected lady.
6.
a. Assumed artificially; not natural; as, affected airs.

Definition 2024

affected

affected

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈfɛktɪd/
  • Hyphenation: af‧fect‧ed

Adjective

affected ‎(comparative more affected, superlative most affected)

  1. Influenced or changed by something.
    The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.
  2. Simulated in order to impress.
    He spoke with an affected English accent.
  3. Emotionally moved; touched.
  4. (algebra, archaic) adfected.
    an affected equation
  5. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

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Noun

affected ‎(plural affecteds)

  1. Someone affected, as by a disease.

Verb

affected

  1. simple past tense and past participle of affect
    The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

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