affect

  • (verb): To influence or alter.
  • (verb): To move to emotion.
  • (verb): Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
  • (verb): To dispose or incline.
  • (verb): To tend to by affinity or disposition.
  • (verb): To assign; to appoint.
  • The experience affected me deeply.
  • He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.
  • Hepatitis affects the liver.