AFFECT


Meaning of AFFECT in English

v. 1 assume, adopt, put on, pretend (to), feign, sham, fake, counterfeit Charles affects a knowledge of high finance 2 choose, select; use, wear, adopt He affected a striped blazer and a boater which he wore at a jaunty angle

Oxford thesaurus English vocab.      Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус.