Main Entry: ¹af·fect

Pronunciation: \ˈa-ˌfekt\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin affectus, from afficere

Date: 14th century

1 obsolete : feeling, affection
2 : the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes; also : a set of observable manifestations of a subjectively experienced emotion <patients…showed perfectly normal reactions and affects — Oliver Sacks>

usage see effect