affect
verb (used with object)
to act on; produce an effect or change in.
affecter
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a word derived from
affect.
Example Sentences
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He was, as Boyle says, the sort of person "who supplied what he wanted in scholarship himself, by being both a passionate affecter, and eminent patron of it."
From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Clare Howard
Bring forth the princess dress'd in royal robes, The true affecter of Alvero's son, Virtuous Hortenzo.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
