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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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affected

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/əˈfɛktɪd/Used In Literature ↓

To influence or alter.

In a Sentence

The experience affected me deeply.

Origin

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Common Phrases

. affectedside affectedarea affectedaffected adversely
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Poetry examples for affected

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

the poetasters and the mincing courtiers, who set their hearts on

top-knots and affected movements of their lips and legs:—

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“The body, the body—well, what of the body?—oh! ah! I

perceive. Why, sir, the body is not at all affected by the transaction. I

have made innumerable purchases of the kind in my day, and the parties

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