Affect, vb. 1) to love: “a lady whom I a.” Gent. III, 1, 82. Wiv. II, 1, 115. IV. 4, 87. Meas. I, 1, 4. Meas. I, 1, 4 Ado I, 1, 298. LLL I, 2, 92. LLL I, 2, 92 Shr. I, 1, 40. II, 14. Tw. II, 5, 28. H4B IV, 5, 145. H6A V, 5, 57. H6B III, 1, 375. H8 I, 1, 39. II, 3, 29. Troil. II, 2, 59. Troil. II, 2, 59 Troil. II, 2, 59 Tit. II, 1, 28. Tim. I, 2, 30. Tim. I, 2, 30 Lr. I, 1, 1. Cymb. V, 5, 38.
2) to like, to be pleased with; absol. “making peace or war as thou --est,” Ant. I, 3, 71 (== as thou pleasest). trans.: “I will something a. the letter,” LLL IV, 2, 56 (delight in its iteration, by practising alliteration). “how doth your grace a. their motion?” H6A V, 1, 7. “mock not that I a. the untraded oath,” Troil. IV, 5, 178. “not to a. many proposed matches,” Oth. III, 3, 229.
3) to aim at: “--est a sheep-hook,” Wint. IV, 4, 431. “have I --ed wealth or honour?” H6B IV, 7, 104. “to a. the malice and displeasure of the people,” Cor. II, 2, 24. “--s tyrannical power,” III, 3, 1. “--ing one sole throne,” IV, 6, 32. “--ed the fine strains of honour,” V, 3, 149. “stratagem must do that you a.” Tit. II, 1, 105.
4) to imitate in a constrained manner: “lest it be rather thought you a. a sorrow than have it,” Alls I, 1, 60. Alls I, 1, 60 “thou dost a. my manners,” Tim. IV, 3, 199. “a. a saucy roughness,” Lr. II, 2, 102. Partic. --ing, absol., == full of affectation, given to false show: “a drawling --ing rogue,” Wiv. II, 1, 145. “lisping --ing fantasticoes,” Rom. II, 4, 29.
5) to resemble: “the accent of his tongue --eth him,” John I, 86.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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