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of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.","aq":{"auth":"William
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this proud man {wi}affects{\/wi} imperial sway.","aq":{"auth":"John Dryden"}}]]]}]]]}],"syns":[{"pl":"synonyms","pt":[["text","{sc}assume{\/sc}
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specific mimicry than {sc}simulate{\/sc}. "],["vis",[{"t":"{it}feigned{\/it}
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the more dramatic tone of a veteran actress.","aq":{"auth":"Chris Mundy","source":"{it}Rolling
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down, but she does {qword}affect{\/qword} a languid Valley Girl drawl to offset
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the sharpness of her observations \u2026","aq":{"auth":"Ken Tucker","source":"{it}Entertainment
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Weekly{\/it}","aqdate":"7 Oct. 1994"}}],"et":[["text","Middle English {it}affecten{\/it}
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attitude, etc.)"]},{"meta":{"id":"affect:3","uuid":"dcac4414-b7b1-45ea-a830-fda82bd8b750","sort":"011194000","src":"collegiate","section":"alpha","stems":["affect","affects"],"offensive":false},"hom":3,"hwi":{"hw":"af*fect","prs":[{"mw":"\u02c8a-\u02ccfekt","sound":{"audio":"affect01","ref":"c","stat":"1"}}]},"fl":"noun","ins":[{"il":"plural","if":"af*fects"}],"def":[{"sseq":[[["sen",{"sn":"1","et":[["text","German
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impaired social competence.","aq":{"auth":"Suzane Vassallo et al."}},{"t":"\u2026
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patients \u2026 showed perfectly normal reactions and {wi}affects{\/wi} \u2026","aq":{"auth":"Oliver
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a zombielike state of apparent apathy.","aq":{"auth":"David G. Myers"}}]]]}],["sense",{"sn":"b","dt":[["text","{bc}the
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say, \u2026 have become too frequent occurrences in contemporary life.","aq":{"auth":"Barbara
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is born, \/ Not by might mast\u0027red, but by special grace.","aq":{"auth":"William
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with little stimulus.","aq":{"auth":"Susan West","source":"{it}Science 84{\/it}","aqdate":"January\/February
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what they have done.","aq":{"auth":"Richard Stengel","source":"{it}Time{\/it}","aqdate":"16
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her seem like a comic-book character.","aq":{"auth":"Cynthia Crossen","source":"{it}Wall
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