Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AF-FECT'ING
AF-FECT'ING, ppr.
- Impressing; having an effect on; touching the feelings; moving the passions; attempting a false show; greatly desiring; aspiring to possess.
- adj. Having power to excite, or move the passions; tending to move the affections; pathetic; as, an affecting address. The most affecting music is generally the most simple. – Mitford.
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