Effect(n.) Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
Effect(n.) Manifestation; expression; sign.
Effect(n.) 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.
Effect(n.) Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
Effect(n.) Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
Effect(n.) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
Effect(n.) The purport; the sum and substance.
Effect(n.) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
Effect(n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
Effect(v. t.) To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
Effect(v. t.) To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
Effected(imp. & p. p.) of Effect
Effecter(n.) One who effects.
Effectible(a.) Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.
Effecting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effect
Effection(n.) Creation; a doing.
Effective(a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
Effective(n.) That which produces a given effect; a cause.
Effective(n.) One who is capable of active service.
Effective(n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.
Effectively(adv.) With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.
Effectiveness(n.) The quality of being effective.

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