The act of affecting or acting upon.

(now rare) To feel affection for.

present participle of affection

simple past tense and past participle of affection

(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed. / (archaic) affected, pompous / (archaic) obstinate, willful / (archaic) zealous, earnest

Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion

Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions. / Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.

plural of affectivity

plural of affecter

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. / (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.