affect2 (afekt)

t. [L. affect us, pp. of aff i cere, adficere, act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease, lit. do to, There was not a servant in the house whom she did not infinitely affect with her counsell. Evelyn , Diary, 1635. On the whole, certain kinds of particles affect certain parts of the spectrum. Lockyer , Spect. Anal., p. 142. The whole character and fortune of the individual are affected by the least inequalities in the culture of the understanding. Emerson , Nature. 2t. To urge; incite. Joye.-31. To render liable to a charge of; show to be chargeable with. By the civil law, if a dowry with a wife be promised and not paid, the husband is not obliged to allow her alimony. But if her parents shall become insolvent by some misfortune, she shall have alimony, unle you can affect them with fraud. Ayliffe, Parergon (1726), p. 59. 4. To a ign; allot; apply: now only in the pa ive. One of the domestics was affected to his especial service. Thackeray , Vanity Fair, III. 8. A considerable number of estates were affected to the use of the Imperial family under the name of appanages. D. M. Wallace , Ru ia, p. 473. = Syn. 1. To work upon; to concern, relate to, interest, bear upon; to melt, soften, subdue, change. Affect and concern; effect to accomplish or bring about. My gray-headed senate in the laws Of strict opinion and severe dispute Would tie the limits of our free affects , Like superstitious Jews. Ford, Love's Sacrifice, i. 1. Rachel, I hope I shall not need to urge The sacred purity of our affects. B. Jonson, Case is Altered, i. The affects and pa ions of the heart. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 97. 2. State or condition of body; the way in which a thing is affected or disposed. Wiseman, Surgery. 1. Loving; affectionate.-2. Using affectation; affected. affecting2 (a-fek'ting), p . a. [Ppr. of affect2 .] Having power to excite or move the feelings; tending to move the affections; pathetic: as, an affecting spectacle; an affecting speech. ful at parting with so many near relations; to be sure 'tis Sheridan , School for Scandal, iv. 1. = Syn. Moving, touching, impre ive, stirring. affectingly (a-fek'ting-li), adv . In an affecting manner; in a manner to excite emotion. affection (a-fek's hon), n. [ affection , affectio (n-), a state of mind or feeling, especially a favorable state, love, affection, afficere , adficere , act upon, in- fluence: see affect2 . Affection is formally a deriv. of affect , but in usage it rests also in part on affect1 .] 1. The state of having one's feelings affected; bent or disposition of mind; phase of mental disposition; feeling. Beware chiefly of two affections , fear and love. Latimer , 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind when impre ed by any object or quality. Cogan, On the Pa ions, i. § 1. Specifically-(a) A general name for that cla of feelings which bear an immediate relation of attraction or hos tility toward other persons, and even toward things, as love, esteem, gratitude, hatred, jealousy, etc. This use of the term is most frequent in ethical discu ions, as in the common distinction between benevolent and malevolent affections. The affections and the reason are both undoubtedly ne- ce ary factors in morality, but the initiation is not in the reason, but in the affections . The hues of sunset make life great; so the affections make some little web of cottage and fireside populous, important, and filling the main space in our history. Emerson, Succe . (b) Desire; inclination; appetite; propensity, good or evil: as, virtuous or vile affections . Rom. i. 26; Gal. v. 24. Most wretched man, That to affections does the bridle lend. It is just the kind of phrase to be petted, as it is, by cer- tain affectationists . F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 94. affected1 (a-fek'ted), p . a . [ affect + -ed2.] 11. Beloved: as, "his affected Hercules," Chap- (ct) One of the pa ions or violent emotions. man , Iliad, viii. 318.-2. Having an affection, disposition, or inclination of any kind; inclined or disposed: as, well affected to government or toward a project. Made their minds evil affected against the brethren. Acts xiv. 2. IMG:content-0344.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0345.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A settled good will, love, or zealous attach ment: as, the affection of a parent for his child: generally followed by for , sometimes by to or to- ward, before the object. Ford, Lady's Trial, ii. 2. [E ex] desired to inspire, not gratitude, but affection . Macaulay, Lord Bacon. I think no modern writer has inspired his readers with such affection to his own personality. Emerson , Sir W. Scott. IMG:content-0346.png:[blocks in formation] "Well," he says, "a woman may not reign in England." "Better in England than anywhere, as it shall well appear to him that without affection will consider the kind of reg i- ment." Bp. Aylmer , Harborough for Faithful Subjects, 5. A modification; the effect or result of ac- tion upon a thing; especially, in psychol . , a pas- sive modification of consciousne . 6. In metaph . (translation of Gr. πάθος , suffer- ing), one of those qualities of bodies by which they directly affect the senses: often improp- erly extended to other properties of bodies. I distinguish extension and figure by the title of the mathematical affections of matter. D. Stewart . 7. A disease, or the condition of being diseased; a morbid or abnormal state of body or mind: as, a gouty affection ; hysteric affection . And, truly, waking dreams were, more or le , An old and strange affection of the house. IMG:content-0347.png:[blocks in formation] 5t. Biased; partizan. = Syn. Warm-hearted, tender- hearted, attached, devoted. affection a tet (a-fek's hon-at), v. t. or i. To af- fect; be affected, inclined, or disposed. Be kindly affection a ted one to another. Give me but ten days respite, and I will reply, Which or to whom myself affection ates . Being affectionately desirous of you. 2t. In a biased manner; in the manner of a partizan. He doth in that place affectionately and unjustly re- prove both the Bishop of Rome and Alexandria. Abp. Whitgift, Works, II. 185. The affectionate ne (a-fek's hon-at-nes), n. quality of being affectionate; fondne ; good will; affection. affectioned (a-fek's hond), p. a. [ affection + -ed2. Cf. affectionate .] 1. Having a certain disposition of feeling; disposed. (Archaic.] Be kindly affectioned one to another. Rom. xii. 10. A man meanelie learned himselfe, but not meanely af- fectioned to set forward learning in others. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 133. An affectioned a , that cons state without book. Shak ., T. N., ii. 3. affect i oust (a-fek's hus), a. [ affection +-ous. Cf. affectuous .] Affectionate; cordial. Therefore my deare, deare wife, and dearest sonnes, Let me ingirt you with my last embrace: And in your cheekes impre e a fare-well ki e, Ki e of true kindne and affect i ous love. responsibility. Affective quality. Same as affection , 6. affectively (a-fektiv-li), adv . In an affective manner; as regards the affections. (Rare.] affect or, n. See affecter . affectualt (a-fek'tu-al), a. [L. affect us , men- tal disposition, desire (see affect2 , n.), + -al . ] Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or 8. In painting , a lively representation of pas desire; emotional; affectional; earnest. sion. Wotton . [Rare.] - 9t. Affectation. IMG:content-0348.png:[blocks in formation] =Syn. 2. Attachment, Fondne , etc. (see love ), tender- ne , partiality, bias. See pa ion . affection (a-fek's hon), v . t . [F. affectionner ; from the noun.] To love; have an affection for. [Rare.] God hath beholden your affectuall devocyon fro heaven. Caxton , Golden Legend, p. 389. Lust not only affectual , but actual, is dispensed with. Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 205. affectuoust (a-fek'tu-us), a . [=F. affectueux , affectuosus , affect us , affection, mood: see affect2 , n.] Marked by pa ion or affection; earnest; affectionate; affecting: as, "made such affectuous labour," Fabican , vii. affectuously affectuouslyt (a-fek'tu-us-li), adv. ately; zealously; affectionately. St. Remigius prayed so affectuously . Fabyan .