The act of affecting or acting upon.

(now rare) To feel affection for.

plural of affection

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection

Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion

(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed. / (archaic) affected, pompous / (archaic) obstinate, willful / (archaic) zealous, earnest

simple past tense and past participle of affection

present participle of affection

(transitive) To influence or alter. / (transitive) To move to emotion. / (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. / (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.