[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to act on; produce an effect or change in:Cold weather affected the crops.Synonyms: alter , modify , sway , influence", "to impress the mind or move the feelings of:The music affected him deeply.Synonyms: stir , touch", "(of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Psychology.feeling or emotion.", "Psychiatry.an expressed or observed emotional response:Restricted, flat, or blunted affect may be a symptom of mental illness, especially schizophrenia.", "Obsolete.affection; passion; sensation; inclination; inward disposition or feeling."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to give the appearance of; pretend or feign:to affect knowledge of the situation.", "to assume artificially, pretentiously, or for effect:to affect a Southern accent.", "to use, wear, or adopt by preference; choose; prefer:the peculiar costume he affected.", "to assume the character or attitude of:to affect the freethinker.", "(of things) to tend toward habitually or naturally:a substance that affects colloidal form.", "(of animals and plants) to occupy or inhabit; live in or on:Lions affect Africa. Moss affects the northern slopes.", "Archaic.to have affection for; fancy.to aim at; aspire to.", "to have affection for; fancy.", "to aim at; aspire to."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Obsolete.to incline, tend, or favor (usually followed byto):He affects to the old ways."]}]