01 p. p. & a. Regarded with affection; beloved.
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Regarded with affection; beloved.[Obs.]“His affected Hercules.” — Chapman.
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Inclined; disposed; attached.“How stand you affected to his wish?” — Shak.
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Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.“He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd.” — Shak.
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Assumed artificially; not natural.“Affected coldness and indifference.” — Addison.
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Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.(Alg.)