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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Effect \Ef*fect"\, n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913 Webster] That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Manifestation; expression; sign. [1913 Webster] All the large effects That troop with majesty. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury. [1913 Webster] The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause. --Whewell. [1913 Webster] 4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. [1913 Webster] Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster] The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect. [1913 Webster] 6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to. [1913 Webster] They spake to her to that effect. --2 Chron. xxxiv. 22. [1913 Webster] 7. The purport; the sum and substance. "The effect of his intent." --Chaucer. 8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance. [1913 Webster] No other in effect than what it seems. --Denham. [1913 Webster] 9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects. [1913 Webster] {For effect}, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. {In effect}, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. {Of no effect}, {Of none effect}, {To no effect}, or {Without effect}, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition." --Mark vii. 13. "All my study be to no effect." --Shak. {To give effect to}, to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. {To take effect}, to become operative, to accomplish aims. --Shak. Syn: {Effect}, {Consequence}, {Result}. Usage: These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results. [1913 Webster] Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Effect \Ef*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effecting}.] 1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be. [1913 Webster] So great a body such exploits to effect. --Daniel. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish. [1913 Webster] To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed. --Bp. Hurd. [1913 Webster] They sailed away without effecting their purpose. --Jowett (Th. ). Syn: To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See {Accomplish}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: effect n 1: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn: {consequence}, {effect}, {outcome}, {result}, {event}, {issue}, {upshot}] 2: an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" [syn: {impression}, {effect}] 3: an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect" 4: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: {effect}, {essence}, {burden}, {core}, {gist}] 5: (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect" [syn: {effect}, {force}] 6: a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic" v 1: produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave" [syn: {effect}, {effectuate}, {set up}] 2: act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change" From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: effect /ɛfɛkt/ 1. effect; impression 2. effect 3. impression 4. conclusion; effect; result