Thesaurus: affected

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1. imp. & p. p. of Affect
2. p. p. & a. Regarded with affection; beloved.
3. p. p. & a. Inclined; disposed; attached.
4. p. p. & a. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.
5. p. p. & a. Assumed artificially; not natural.
6. p. p. & a. Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.
7. adj. acted upon; influenced
8. adj. speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
9. adj. being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
10. 1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.] His affected Hercules. Chapman. 2. Inclined; disposed; attached. How stand you affected his wish Shak. 3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak. 4. Assumed artificially; not natural. Affected coldness and indifference. Addison. 5. (Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.
11. Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknownquantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.
12. j:100 a. acted upon; influenced a. speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression