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affect2

af·fect2

affect2

 
pronunciation:
fekt
part of speech: verb
inflections: affects, affecting, affected
definition: to imitate or pretend to have.
He affected sadness, but in truth he was very happy to see the person leave.
similar words:
assume, fake, feign, imitate, mimic, pretend, profess