affected Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb have an effect upon
impact; touch on; bear upon; bear on; touch; affect.
- Will the new rules affect me?
verb act physically on; have an effect upon
affect.
- the medicine affects my heart rate
verb connect closely and often incriminatingly
involve; affect; regard.
- This new ruling affects your business
verb make believe with the intent to deceive
affect; feign; pretend; dissemble; sham.
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
verb have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
strike; affect; move; impress.
- This child impressed me as unusually mature
- This behavior struck me as odd
adjective acted upon; influenced
adjective speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
unnatural.
adjective being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
stirred; moved; touched.
- too moved to speak
- very touched by the stranger's kindness

Regarded with affection; beloved. Obs.
His affected Hercules. Chapman.
Inclined; disposed; attached.
How stand you affected his wish? Shak.
Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real.
He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak.
Assumed artificially; not natural.
Affected coldness and indifference. Addison.
(Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.