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возде́йствовать — meaning in English

vozdeystvovat

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English meaning

  • act verb To do something; to take action.
  • affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  • influence noun The power to affect how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks.
  • manipulate verb To handle, adjust, or operate something skillfully with the hands.

Senses

возде́йствовать is used for these senses in English:

  • act (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  • affect (transitive) To influence or alter.
  • influence (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
  • manipulate (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

act — full definition

  1. verb To do something; to take action.
  2. verb To perform a role in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To behave in a particular way.
  4. noun Something done; a deed.
  5. noun A law passed by a legislative body.

affect — full definition

  1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

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