Influenced or changed by something.
The affected products had to be recalled.
Simulated in order to impress.
He spoke with an affected English accent.
Emotionally moved; touched.
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.
Someone affected, as by a disease.
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 […].
simple past and past participle of affect
The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.
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