affected, ppl. a.
(əˈfɛktɪd)
[f. affect + -ed. Really consists of three words: 1. pa. pple. of affect v.1 = earlier affectate; 2. adj. f. affect n. + -ed; 3. pa. pple. of affect v.2 To some extent the senses are confused, through the formal identity of the words.]
I. Pa. pple. of affect v.1, = earlier affectate.
† 1. Sought after, aimed at, desired. Obs.
| 1597 Daniel Civ. Wares v. xc, Twixt Yorke, and the affected sov'raignty. 1602 Carew Cornw. 14 b, With other lesse beneficiall and affected commodities. 1608 Bp. Hall Epistles i. iii, It is at once had and affected. 1649 Milton Eikon. Pref. (1847) 274/1 A work assigned rather than by me chosen or affected. |
† 2. Fondly held, cherished; entertained of choice, intentional. Obs.
| 1589 T. B. tr. La Primaudaye's Fr. Acad. 150 Man having by nature imprinted in his soule an affected and earnest inclination to his soveraigne good. 1623 W. Lisle tr. Sax. Treat. on O. & N.T. Pref. 13 Grosse, wilfull, and affected ignorance. 1640 Prerog. Parl. in Sel. fr. Harl. Misc. (1793) 241 Make the world know, that his cruelty was not affected. 1705 Stanhope Paraphr. I. 171 Their Love and Preference of Darkness is more affected and obstinate. |
† 3. Loved, beloved. Obs.
| 1600 Chapman Iliad viii. 318 In all the desperate hours Of his affected Hercules. 1624 Capt. Smith Virginia (1629) 78 They should live with Powhatan as his chiefe affected. 1626 W. Sandys Ovid's Metam. 216 Her speare..Kist his affected lips without a wound. 1640 Fuller Joseph's Coat viii. (1867) 190 Some sacrifice the reverence to this admired preacher, and others almost adore that affected pastor. 1654 Gayton Festiv. Notes iv. ii. 183 His love to his affected, though some 106 years posthumus Kinsman. |
4. Assumed or displayed artificially; put on for effect: non-natural, artificial, stilted, ‘got up.’
| 1594 C[arew] Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 136 To haue a readie tongue of his own, and not affected, choice words. 1642 Milton Argt. conc. Militia A 4, I have not used any affected style. 1678 Rochester in Shaksp. Cent. Praise 364 But does not Dryden find..Shake-spear's stile Stiff and affected? 1723 J. Sheffield (D. of Buckhm.) Wks. 1753 I. 51 An air affected, and a haughty mien; Something that seems to say, I would be seen. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 645 His diction, affected and florid, but often singularly beautiful and melodious, fascinated many young enthusiasts. |
5. Assumed falsely or in outward semblance merely; pretended, simulated.
| 1663 Gerbier Counsel g i a, Those Lines must be visible, no affected ones, nor small as a haire. 1679 Sheffield & Dryden Ess. on Sat. 67 Dissembling still in either place, Affected humour, or a painted face. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 153 ¶11 Without any of the heir's affected grief or secret exultation. 1850 Lynch Theoph. Trinal v. 85 This their dull sadness..is affected and heartless. 1879 M{supc}Carthy Hist. own Times I. 30 His real or affected levity gave way to a genuine and lasting desire to make her life happy. |
6. Of persons: Full of affectation; non-natural or artificial in manner, pretentious, assuming airs. (An extension of 4; not directly from pa. pple.)
| 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. v. i. 15 He is too picked, too spruce, too affected, too odde. 1689 Shadwell Bury Fair i. i. 122 Conceited affected Jades. 1703 Rowe Fair Penit. ii. i. 440 Each affected She that tells my story. 1735 Pope Hor. Ep. ii. i. 105 Damn all Shakespear, like th' affected Fool. 1858 Hawthorne Fr. & It. Journ. I. 157 She seemed to be her actual self, and nothing affected or made up. |
II. = earlier affect ppl. a., L. affectus. [whence formed by distinctive ppl. ending -ed; or from affect n. + -ed2, as in mind-ed, will-ed, etc.]
1. Having an affection (formerly affect), disposition, or inclination of any kind; disposed, inclined.
| 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinsh. III. 372/2 That will judge to the contrarie, unless he be parciallie affected. 1598 Barret Theor. Warres i. ii. 12 Let him make choise of the armes..whereunto he findeth himselfe most affected and fit. 1611 Cotgr., Addonné, given, bent, affected, addicted, inclined. 1611 Bible 2 Macc. xiv. 5 And asked how the Iewes stood affected. 1682 Hewer in Pepys' Diary VI. 144 Variously discoursed of as people were affected and inclined. 1684 Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 151 How stands the country affected towards you? c 1815 Jane Austen Persuasion (1833) II. ix. 390 You might, some time or other, be differently affected towards him. |
b. Usually with the direction of the affection or disposition indicated by well, ill, etc. Well- or ill-disposed, or -conditioned (mentally).
| 1553–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 136/1 If anie good men were well affected or minded toward religion. 1605 Shakes. Lear ii. i. 100 No maruaile then, though he were ill affected. 1611 Bible Acts xiv. 2 Made their mindes euill affected against the brethren. 1647 J. Sprigge Ang. Rediv. iv. ix. (1854) 315 Many well affected citizens also went forth. a 1674 Clarendon Hist. Rebell. II. vi. 90 The Major part..being cordially Affected to the Government. 1832 Lytton Eug. Aram. ix. 60 You are an honest man, and well affected to our family. |
† 2. esp. Having a favourable affection or inclination; favourably disposed or inclined; attached, partial (to). Obs., but cf. dis-affected.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scotl. II. 557 On to his sone affectit so wes he. 1553–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 136/2 Ethelstan..was so affected towards Odo. 1584 A. Munday (title) A Watchwoord to Englande..Written by a faithfull affected Freend to his Country. 1618 Shoemaker's Holiday i. (1862) 6, I hear my cousin Lacy Is much affected to your daughter Rose. 1622 Heylin Cosmogr. iv. (1682) 93 The men are much affected to hunting. 1690 Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 319 On suspicion of being affected to King James. |
† 3. Of bodily disposition or tendency: -conditioned; -disposed. ill-affected = indisposed. Obs.
| 1586 T. B. tr. La Primaudaye's Fr. Acad. ii. (1594) 139 When the bodie is well affected. 1615 Latham Falconry (1633) 104 When you do perceive your Hawke to be ill affected in that place. |
III. Pa. pple. of affect v.2 = L. affectus. Apparently first = ‘laid hold of’ by a disease (L. affectus morbo), and so apparently connected with II. 3, above; then extended to what lays hold of, touches, or moves the mind or feelings, or moves physically.
1. a. Laid hold of (by a disease), under the influence of; attacked, seized, afflicted; tainted, distempered, diseased. Const. with.
| a 1619 Donne Biathan. 63 To confesse, that those times were affected with a disease of this naturall desire of such a death. 1633 T. N[ewton] Lemnie's Touchst. Complex. 120 The body is mutually affected, and alike distempered. 1751 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Affection, The sick are frequently mistaken as to the place affected. 1806 T. Paine Yellow Fever in Misc. Wks. II. 180 Of the same extent as the affected part of a city. 1857 T. Watson Lect. Physic xxviii. (ed. 4) 502 To conclude that the side towards which the mouth was drawn was the affected side. 1864 Daily Tel. 26 May, The accused was mentally affected, her father and three of her aunts having all been insane. 1868 Public Opin. 2 May 460/1 On examination of the affected region with the hand. |
† b. fig. Seized or possessed. Obs.
| 1579 Lyly Euphues (1636) G b, Lest being affected with barbarisme, they be also infected with their vncleane conuersation. 1656 N. Bernard Life of Ussher 28 He was so affected with chronology and antiquity. |
† 2. Mentally influenced, moved, impressed; interested or taken up. Const. with. Obs.
| 1626 Massinger Rom. Actor Ded., Such as are only affected with jigs and ribaldry. 1673 True Worship of God 64 If Pulpit Discourses were not so frequent, people would be more affected with them. 1756 Burke Subl. & B. Wks. I. 173 The imagination and passions are little or nothing affected. |
3. Moved, influenced, or touched in the feelings; usually to sympathy, sorrow, or sadness. Const. by (with obs.).
| 1633 Bp. Hall Hard Texts 32 Hee is more affected with the recovering of that one sheepe..than with the safety of the rest. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 187 ¶2 Ajut was so much affected by the fondness of her lover. 1781 Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 53 Deeply affected by his own reproaches. 1855 Prescott Philip II, i. i. (Routl.) 9 They were deeply affected, and not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. |
4. Moved, influenced, acted upon, physically or materially. Const. by (with obs.).
| 1748 Hartley Observ. Man i. i. §1. 30 The Vibrations..may be affected with four sorts of Differences. 1762 Dunn in Phil. Trans. LII. 468 Trees and bushments of equal magnitude at other times, but in their affected state as much larger. 1783 George III in Dk. of Buckingham Crt. Geo. III, II. 219 Preventing the public finances from being materially affected. 1849 Murchison Siluria iv. 71 The latter strata, affected..by a slaty cleavage. 1878 Huxley Physiogr. 188 The water is affected even more than the land. |
† 5. Math. Compounded; = adfected, the special form now restricted to this sense. Obs.
| 1717 B. Taylor Extr. of Roots in Phil. Trans. XXX. 610 Method of extracting the Roots of affected Equations. 1802 Woodhouse ibid. XCII. 115 The terms affected with xn. |
† b. by extension. Obs.
| 1652 Urquhart Jewel Wks. 1834, 276 He had his proper name affected with the agnominal addition of Parresiastes. |
6. Specially applied; appointed, assigned, allotted; attributed. (Cf. Fr. affecté and affect v.2 5.)
| 1611 Cotgr., Nanti..affected unto; fastened or tied on; appointed, or pointed out for; or to whom a thing is affected; on whom it is fastened; for whom it is appointed. 1850 Thackeray Pendennis xxii. (1863) 181 A female servant..affected to his private use. 1871 Daily News (Let. fr. Paris) 21 Jan., Horses..affected to military purposes. |