Affect

 

 

“To act upon:  a : to produce an effect (as of disease) upon; to have a detrimental influence on.”

 

Source: Webster’s New Third International Dictionary

 

“To act upon; influence; change; enlarge or abridge; often used in the sense of acting injuriously upon persons and things. To lay hold of or attack (as a disease does); to act, or produce an effect or result upon; to impress or influence (the mind or feelings); to touch.”

 

 

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary, 6^th Edition