S: (v) tell on (produce an effect or strain on somebody) "Each step told on his tired legs"
S: (v) redound (have an effect for good or ill) "Her efforts will redound to the general good"
S: (v) stimulate, excite (act as a stimulant) "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
S: (v) process, treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition) "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"
S: (v) tinge, color, colour, distort (affect as in thought or feeling) "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
S: (v) hit, strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely) "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
S: (v) subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to) "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
S: (v) influence, act upon, work (have and exert influence or effect) "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
S: (v) slam-dunk (make a forceful move against) "the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies"