affecting
/əˈfɛktɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To influence or alter.
- To move to emotion.
- Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
- To dispose or incline.
- To tend to by affinity or disposition.
- To assign; to appoint.
- To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
- To aim for, to try to obtain.
- To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
- To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
- Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
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