[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

affect \affect"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. affected; p. pr.  vb.
   n. affecting. l. affectus, p. p. of afficere to affect by
   active agency; ad + facere to make: cf. f. affectere, l.
   affectare, freq. of afficere. see fact.
   1. to act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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            as might affect the earth with cold heat. --milton.
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            the climate affected their health and spirits.
                                                  --macaulay.
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   2. to influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to
      touch.
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            a consideration of the rationale of our passions
            seems to me very necessary for all who would affect
            them upon solid and pure principles.
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   3. to love; to regard with affection. obs.
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            as for queen katharine, he rather respected than
            affected, rather honored than loved, her. --fuller.
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   4. to show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to
      choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
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            for he does neither affect company, nor is he fit
            for it, indeed.                       --shak.
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            do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank,
            nor court that of the great. --hazlitt.
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   5. to dispose or incline.
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            men whom they thought best affected to religion and
            their country's liberty.              --milton.
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   6. to aim at; to aspire; to covet. obs.
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            this proud man affects imperial ?way. --dryden.
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   7. to tend to by affinity or disposition.
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            the drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
                                                  --newton.
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   8. to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to
      assume; as, to affect ignorance.
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            careless she is with artful care,
            affecting to seem unaffected.         --congreve.
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            thou dost affect my manners.          --shak.
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   9. to assign; to appoint. r.
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            one of the domestics was affected to his special
            service.                              --thackeray.
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   syn: to influence; operate; act on; concern; move; melt;
        soften; subdue; overcome; pretend; assume.
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see also:
affected affecting fact 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

affecting \affect"ing\, a.
   1. moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions;
      pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting
      sight.
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            the most affecting music is generally the most
            simple.
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   2. affected; given to false show. obs.
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            a drawling; affecting rouge.          --shak.
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[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

affecting
     adj : arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages
           was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure
           forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching" syn:
            poignant, touching
see also:
poignant touching 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

46 moby thesaurus words for "affecting":
   afflictive, bitter, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, deplorable,
   depressing, depressive, discomforting, dismal, dismaying,
   distressful, distressing, disturbing, doleful, dolorific,
   dolorogenic, dolorous, dreary, emotive, grievous, heartrending,
   impressive, joyless, lamentable, mournful, moving, painful,
   pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, regrettable,
   rueful, sad, saddening, sharp, sore, sorrowful, touching,
   troubling, uncomfortable, woebegone, woeful, wretched

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