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comparative more affected, superlative most affected
Influenced or changed by something. examples
Simulated in order to impress. examples
Emotionally moved; touched. quotations examples
Jones […] was easily prevailed on to satisfy Mr Dowling's curiosity, by relating the history of his birth and education, which he did, like Othello. […] Mr Dowling was indeed very greatly affected with this relation; for he had not divested himself of humanity by being an attorney.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
(algebra, archaic) adfected.
Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation. examples
artificial, stilted examples
plural affecteds
Someone affected, as by a disease. quotations examples
Affecteds felt that they get conflicting orders from superiors more frequently than did nonaffecteds […] . Affecteds were more frequently bothered by feelings of a sharp increase in their workload than nonaffecteds […] .
1979, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, page 306
simple past and past participle of affect examples