2. Verb. (third-person singular of affect) ¹
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Definition of Affects
1. affect [v] - See also: affect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affects
Literary usage of Affects
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"In these eighteen additional industries the chemist affects 8 per cent, of our
wage- earners, 12.6 per cent, of our manufacture values and 9.7 per cent, ..."
2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1899)
"CHAPTER V How Democracy affects the Relation of Masters and Servants AN American
who had travelled for a long time in Europe once said ..."
3. The Law of Contracts by Theophilus Parsons, John Melville Gould (1904)
"THAT THE STATUTE affects THE REMEDY ONLY AND NOT THE DEBT. ... 17, 33 NE affects
only the remedy, and does not ex- SW 896. tinguish the right, in matters of ..."
4. Proceedings (1855)
"... but it concerns, and directly affects the safety and prosperity of the American
Government. lam confident that this and other subjects coming before ..."
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