affect

Meanings

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.

One's mood or inclination; mental state.
A desire, an appetite.
A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.

From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere, from ad- + facere.
From Middle English affecten, from Anglo-Norman affecter ("strive after"), Middle French affecter ("feign"), and their source, Latin affectāre ("to strive after, aim to do, pursue, imitate with dissimulation, feign"), frequentative of afficere (see Etymology 1, above).
From Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, adfectus, from afficere

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