| affect | (verb) act physically on; have an effect upon | - |
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| (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
| (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: impress, move, strike |
| (verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: involve, regard |
| confect | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confection |
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| (verb) make or construct | - |
| defect | (verb) desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | Synonyms: desert |
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| disaffect | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, estrange |
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| disinfect | (verb) destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing | - |
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| effect | (verb) produce | Synonyms: effectuate, set up |
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| (verb) act so as to bring into existence | - |
| infect | (verb) contaminate with a disease or microorganism | Synonyms: taint |
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| (verb) communicate a disease to | - |
| (verb) affect in a contagious way | - |
| (verb) corrupt with ideas or an ideology | - |
| perfect | (verb) make perfect or complete | Synonyms: hone |
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| superinfect | (verb) infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | - |
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