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  1. 1. v. t. To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To love; to regard with affection. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To dispose or incline. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To aim at; to aspire; to covet. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To tend to by affinity or disposition. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. t. To assign; to appoint. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. Source: opted
  11. 11. n. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. have an effect upon Source: wordnet

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