Noun

• S: (n) affect (the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch (have an effect upon) "Will the new rules affect me?"
• S: (v) affect (act physically on; have an effect upon) "the medicine affects my heart rate"
• S: (v) involve, affect, regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly) "This new ruling affects your business"
• S: (v) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble (make believe with the intent to deceive) "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
• S: (v) affect, impress, move, strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon) "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"