affect
verb (used with object)
to act on; produce an effect or change in.
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In my girlhood I was strongly drawn to religion, partly through training and example, but more, as I now know, by the affectability of my strongly feminine temperament.
From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley