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"word": "affectingly"
}
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"3": "affectāre"
},
"expansion": "Latin affectāre",
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"3": "afficere",
"t": "to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease"
},
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"3": "",
"4": "to make, do"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”).",
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{
"form": "affects",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "affecting",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "affected",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
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],
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"af‧fect"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The experience affected me deeply.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 January 16, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 74",
"text": "Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"To influence or alter."
],
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"links": [
[
"influence",
"influence"
],
[
"alter",
"alter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To influence or alter."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "alter"
},
{
"word": "change"
},
{
"word": "have an effect on"
},
{
"word": "influence"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaṯṯara",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "أَثَّرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afeutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uplyvacʹ",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "уплываць"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dejstvam",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "действам"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzdejstvam",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "въздействам"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "影響"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jing² hoeng²",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "影响"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "影響"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǐngxiǎng",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "影响"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "nasya"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "cr",
"lang": "Croatian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "utjecati"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "ovlivnit"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "påvirke"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "beïnvloeden"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "ávirka"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "affecter"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "toucher"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "beeinflussen"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epireázo",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "επηρεάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epidró",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "επιδρώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "hat"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "kihat"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "érint"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "befolyásol"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "hatással van"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "influenzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "condizionare"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "alterare"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bādhikkuka",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "ബാധിക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "kawekawe"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "influere"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "gå utover"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "påvirke"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"english": "influence",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlijátʹ",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "влия́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"english": "influence",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozdéjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "возде́йствовать"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"english": "alter",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "menjátʹ",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "меня́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "affek"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "påverka"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "influera"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "yām-"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vplyvaty",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "впливати"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 0 1 1 2 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vplynuty",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "вплинути"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful",
"text": "A consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move to emotion."
],
"id": "en-affect-en-verb-en:move_to_emotion",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To move to emotion."
],
"senseid": [
"en:move to emotion"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "move"
},
{
"word": "touch"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zasjagam",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "засягам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎlnuvam",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "вълнувам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "berøre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "røre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "ontroeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "emotioneren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "liikuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "affecter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "émouvoir"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "rühren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "bewegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkinó",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "συγκινώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "megindít"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "megérint"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "elszomorít"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "hatással van"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "commuovere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kandō saseru",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "感動させる"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "affektere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "afektować"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "comover"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "volnovátʹ",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "волнова́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trógatʹ",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "тро́гать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "affek"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "conmover"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "beröra"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "röra"
}
]
},
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Pathology",
"orig": "en:Pathology",
"parents": [
"Medicine",
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "14 7 9 5 9 13 1 3 3 3 16 4 6 5",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Appearance",
"orig": "en:Appearance",
"parents": [
"Perception",
"Body",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hepatitis affects the liver.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body)."
],
"id": "en-affect-en-verb-BvSp2mFp",
"links": [
[
"pathology",
"pathology"
],
[
"infect",
"infect"
],
[
"harm",
"harm"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "attack"
},
{
"word": "harm"
},
{
"word": "infect"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"pathology",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "porazjavam",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "поразявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "postihnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "påvirke"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "skade"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "aantasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "vahingoittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "affecter"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosvállo",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "προσβάλλω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vlápto",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "βλάπτω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "károsít"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "árt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "colpire"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bādhikkuka",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "ബാധിക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "affektere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"tags": [
"dated",
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaafektować"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "afetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poražátʹ",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "поража́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "påverka"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 88 2 2 3 2",
"code": "sv",
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"_dis1": "85 8 7",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaṯṯara",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "أَثَّرَ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afeutar"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uplyvacʹ",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "уплываць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dejstvam",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "действам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzdejstvam",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "въздействам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "影響"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jing² hoeng²",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "影响"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "影響"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǐngxiǎng",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "影响"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "nasya"
},
{
"code": "cr",
"lang": "Croatian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "utjecati"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "ovlivnit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "påvirke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "beïnvloeden"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "ávirka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "affecter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "toucher"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "beeinflussen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epireázo",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "επηρεάζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epidró",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "επιδρώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "hat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "kihat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "érint"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "befolyásol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "hatással van"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "influenzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "condizionare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "alterare"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bādhikkuka",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "ബാധിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "kawekawe"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "influere"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "gå utover"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "påvirke"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afetar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "influence",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlijátʹ",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "влия́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "influence",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozdéjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "возде́йствовать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "alter",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "menjátʹ",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "меня́ть"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "affek"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "påverka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "influera"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "yām-"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vplyvaty",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "впливати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vplynuty",
"sense": "to influence or alter",
"word": "вплинути"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zasjagam",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "засягам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎlnuvam",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "вълнувам"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "berøre"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "røre"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "ontroeren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "emotioneren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "emotioneren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "liikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "affecter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "émouvoir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "rühren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "bewegen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkinó",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "συγκινώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "megindít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "megérint"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "elszomorít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "hatással van"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "commuovere"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kandō saseru",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "感動させる"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "affektere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "afektować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "comover"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "volnovátʹ",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "волнова́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trógatʹ",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "тро́гать"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "affek"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "afectar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "conmover"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "beröra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move to emotion",
"word": "röra"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "porazjavam",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "поразявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "postihnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "påvirke"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "skade"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "aantasten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "vahingoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "affecter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosvállo",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "προσβάλλω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vlápto",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "βλάπτω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "károsít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "árt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "colpire"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bādhikkuka",
"sense": "to infect or harm",
"word": "ബാധിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to infect or harm",
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"sense": "to feel affection for; to like, be fond of",
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"word": "gernhaben"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus",
"word": "affekti"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus",
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"code": "el",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus",
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"sense": "psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus",
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