v.
Pronunciation: ' a- ˌ fekt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin affectus, from afficere
Date: 14th century
1 obsolete : FEELING , AFFECTION
2 : the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes also : a set of observable manifestations of a subjectively experienced emotion <patients ⋯ showed perfectly normal reactions and affect s ― Oliver Sacks>
usage see EFFECT