p. p. & a. 1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
His affected Hercules. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Inclined; disposed; attached. [ 1913 Webster ]
How stand you affected to his wish? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real. [ 1913 Webster ]
He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Assumed artificially; not natural. [ 1913 Webster ]
Affected coldness and indifference. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. (Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation. [ 1913 Webster ]