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affect
/əˈfekt/ verb [T]Definition
CAUSE CHANGE › to influence someone or something, or cause them to change: It's a disease which affects many older people. The building was badly affected by the fire.
CAUSE EMOTION › to cause a strong emotion, especially sadness: [often passive] I was deeply affected by the film.
(Definition of affect verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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