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Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.] His affected Hercules. Chapman.

In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

Affectation.

Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ness, n.

Unaffected. [Obs.] -- In`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Ill disposed. [Obs.]

Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced. A poor, cold, unspirited, unmannered, Unhonest, unaffected, undone fool. J. Fletcher.

bsent air. What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

Affected refusal; coyness.

See Affected, 5.

To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at. To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself. Fuller.

ve. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.

e an effect or change upon. As might affect the earth with cold heat. Milton. The climate affected their health and spirits. Macaulay.

That may be affected. [R.] Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible. Coleridge.

Affected; given to false show. [Obs.] A drawling; affecting rouge. Shak.

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

Affected; conceited. [Obs.] Shak.

Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England. T. Arnold. A"gu*ish*ness, n.

To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble. When he ails ever so little . . . he is so peevish. Richardson.

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. To be the aim of every dangerous shot. Shak.