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AFFEERERS, English law. Those who upon oath settle and moderate fines in courts leet. Hawk. 1. 2, c. 112.


That is the closest I could get to that word. This is from a dictionary dated 1823. Perhaps your word has root there? Here is another. So why the ommisions in these others?

af·fect1 ( P )
tr.v. af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects
To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.
To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.

n. (fkt)
Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: â??The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affectâ?� (Norman Mailer).
Obsolete. A disposition, feeling, or tendency.

ArtRollins Reviewed by ArtRollins on 10-01-2005. Do you see something wrong with this? affect was not found in the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms affect was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary in the following entries: affect (INFLUENCE) affect (PRETEND) affect was found in the Cambridge Dictionary of American English in the following entries: affect (INFLUENCE) affect (PRETEND) Rating: 5