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Affect

The word affect is both a noun and a verb.

Noun

As a noun it mean-

• Emotion, as influencing behaviour
• Desire as influencing behaviour
• Pretend

Verb

As a verb it means-

• To have an effect on
• To make a difference
• To move emotionally
• To touch the feelings of
• Pretend to feel
• Pretend to feel something
• Pretend to have
• Pretend to have something
• To assume pretentiously
• To assume something pretentiously
• To assume as to make an impression on others
• To assume something as to make an impression on others
• To use pretentiously
• To use something pretentiously
• To use as to make an impression on others
• To use something as to make an impression on others
• To wear pretentiously
• To wear something pretentiously as to make an impression on others
• To wear as to make an impression on others
• To wear something as to make an impression on others