affecting (verb)

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• affecting — Ⅰ. affect [1] ► VERB 1) make a difference to; have an effect on. 2) touch the feelings of. DERIVATIVES affecting adjective. USAGE Affect and effect are frequently confused …   English terms dictionary

• Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… …   Wikipedia

• Anticausative verb — An anticausative verb is an intransitive verb that shows an event affecting its subject, while giving no semantic or syntactic indication of the cause of the event. The single argument of the anticausative verb (its subject) is a patient, that is …   Wikipedia

• Personal verb — Personal Per son*al (p[ e]r s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster] Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mov´ing|ness — mov|ing «MOO vihng», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. that moves: »a moving car. 2. causing or producing motion; having motion: »The more the moving force is distant from the center of motion, so much the more force it shall have (John Leak). 3. causing …   Useful english dictionary

• mov´ing|ly — mov|ing «MOO vihng», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. that moves: »a moving car. 2. causing or producing motion; having motion: »The more the moving force is distant from the center of motion, so much the more force it shall have (John Leak). 3. causing …   Useful english dictionary

• mov|ing — «MOO vihng», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. that moves: »a moving car. 2. causing or producing motion; having motion: »The more the moving force is distant from the center of motion, so much the more force it shall have (John Leak). 3. causing action; …   Useful english dictionary

• refactor — verb a) To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour The code works, but I must refactor it befo …   Wiktionary

• squint — verb 1》 look at someone or something with partly closed eyes.     ↘partly close (one s eyes). 2》 have a squint affecting one eye. noun 1》 a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye. 2》 informal a quick or casual look. 3》 an… …   English new terms dictionary

• wash — verb 1》 clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.     ↘remove (a stain or dirt) in this way.     ↘(of fabric, a garment, or dye) withstand cleaning to a specified degree without shrinking or fading.     ↘do one s laundry. 2》 (of flowing …   English new terms dictionary

• suffer — verb 1 PAIN (I, T) to experience physical or mental pain: At least he died suddenly and didn t suffer. (+ from): Simon suffers from migraines. | I/you/she will suffer for it (=will feel very ill or sore): I know I ll suffer for it in the morning …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English