v. 25B6; verb
this development may have affected the judge's decision : HAVE AN EFFECT ON, influence, act on, work on, have an impact on; change, alter, modify, transform, form, shape, sway, bias.
he was visibly affected by the experience : MOVE, touch, make an impression on, hit (hard), tug at someone's heartstrings; UPSET, trouble, distress, disturb, agitate, shake (up).
the disease affected his lungs : ATTACK, infect; hit, strike.