Effect

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ef=fect

CIDE DICTIONARY

Effect, n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See Fact.].

•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  Manifestation; expression; sign.  [1913 Webster]

  "All the large effects
  That troop with majesty."  [1913 Webster]
•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.  [1913 Webster]

  "Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect."  [1913 Webster]

  "The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place."  [1913 Webster]
•  Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.  [1913 Webster]
•  Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.  [1913 Webster]

  "They spake to her to that effect."  [1913 Webster]
•  The purport; the sum and substance.  Chaucer.
•  Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.  [1913 Webster]

  "No other in effect than what it seems."  [1913 Webster]
•  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]

  "Resolving all events, with their effects
  And manifold results, into the will
  And arbitration wise of the Supreme."  [1913 Webster]

  "Shun the bitter consequence, for know,
  The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die."  [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.

Effect, v. t. 

•  To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.  [1913 Webster]

  "So great a body such exploits to effect."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.  [1913 Webster]

  "To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed."  [1913 Webster]

  "They sailed away without effecting their purpose."

Syn. -- To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See Accomplish.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Effect, n. & v.
--n.
1 the result or consequence of an action etc.
2 efficacy (had little effect).
3 an impression produced on a spectator, hearer, etc. (lights had a pretty effect; my words had no effect).
4 (in pl.) property, luggage.
5 (in pl.) the lighting, sound, etc., used to accompany a play, film, broadcast, etc.
6 Physics a physical phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer (Doppler effect).
7 the state of being operative.
--v.tr.
1 bring about; accomplish.
2 cause to exist or occur.

Idiom

bring (or carry) into effect accomplish. for effect to create an impression. give effect to make operative. in effect for practical purposes; in reality. take effect become operative. to the effect that the general substance or gist being. to that effect having that result or implication. with effect from coming into operation at or on (a stated time or day).

Etymology

ME f. OF effect or L effectus (as EX-(1), facere make)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

Effect

n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other -- which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in the pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of a dog.

THESAURUS

Effect

Z, abide by, accomplish, achieve, actualize, actually, adhere to, administer, affective meaning, aftereffect, aftermath, aim, ambition, amperage, angle, animus, apodosis, armipotence, artifact, ascendancy, aspect, aspiration, at bottom, attain, author, authority, basically, bear, bearing, beef, beget, black power, brainchild, breed, bring, bring about, bring forth, bring off, bring on, bring to effect, bring to pass, brute force, call forth, capacity, carry out, carry through, catastrophe, cause, ceasing, cessation, charge, charisma, charm, child, clout, coda, cogence, cogency, coinage, coloring, commit, compass, complete, composition, compulsion, conceive, conclusion, concoction, configuration, connotation, consequence, constitute, consummate, consummation, contrive, control, corollary, counsel, crack of doom, create, creation, creature, credit, crowning achievement, culmination, curtain, curtains, deal with, death, decease, denotation, denouement, descendant, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, destination, destiny, determination, development, dint, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, distillation, do, do the job, do the trick, do to, dominance, domination, doom, draw down, draw on, drift, drive, duress, dynasty, effectively, effectiveness, effectuality, effectuate, efficacy, eidolon, elicit, eminence, enact, enchantment, end, end point, end product, ending, energy, enforce, engender, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, essence, essentially, establish, esteem, event, eventuality, evoke, execute, expiration, extension, extract, facet, fashion, fate, father, favor, feature, fetch, figure, fill out, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, fixed purpose, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, form, found, fruit, fulfill, full blast, full force, function, generate, gestalt, gestate, get, gist, give birth to, give origin to, give rise to, go and do, goal, good feeling, grammatical meaning, guise, handiwork, heir, hold, honor, idea, image, imago, impact, implement, implication, import, importance, impression, in effect, in truth, inaugurate, incept, incidental power, induce, inflict, influence, influentiality, insinuation, inspire, install, instigate, institute, intendment, intension, intent, intention, invention, invoke, issue, izzard, knock off, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, lead, leadership, leverage, lexical meaning, light, likeness, line, lineage, lineaments, literal meaning, look, magnetism, main force, main strength, make, make out, mana, manage, manner, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mastery, materialize, meaning, might, might and main, mightiness, mind, mintage, moment, more or less, motivate, motive, moxie, muscle power, new mintage, nisus, object, objective, observe, obtain, occasion, offspring, omega, opera, opus, opuscule, organize, originate, origination, outcome, outgrowth, overtone, pay, payoff, perform, period, peroration, perpetrate, personality, persuasion, pertinence, phase, phasis, pith, pizzazz, plan, point, polish off, poop, posterity, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, practical consequence, precipitate, predominance, preponderance, prepotency, pressure, prestige, procure, produce, product, production, productiveness, productivity, project, promulgate, proposal, prosecute, prospectus, provoke, puissance, pull, pull off, punch, purchase, purport, purpose, pursuance, push, put away, put in force, put through, quietus, ramification, range of meaning, real meaning, realize, really, reference, referent, regard, reign, relation, relevance, render, repercussion, repute, resolution, resolve, respect, resting place, result, rule, sake, say, scope, secure, seeming, semantic cluster, semantic field, semblance, sensation, sense, sequel, sequence, set afloat, set on foot, set up, shape, side, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, simulacrum, sinew, sire, slant, so to speak, span of meaning, spirit, steam, stoppage, stopping place, strength, striving, strong arm, structural meaning, study, style, suasion, substance, subtle influence, succeed, successor, suggestion, sum, sum and substance, superinduce, superiority, superpower, supremacy, swan song, sway, symbolic meaning, take and do, take care of, take effect, tenor, term, terminal, termination, terminus, things, total effect, totality of associations, transact, transferred meaning, truly, turn out, turn the trick, twist, unadorned meaning, undertone, up and do, upper hand, upshot, validity, value, vehemence, view, viewpoint, vigor, vim, virility, virtually, virtue, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight, whip hand, will, windup, wise, work, work out, wreak, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

Effect

Completion

VB effect, effectuate, accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out, bring to maturity, bring to perfection, perfect, complete, elaborate, do, execute, make, go through, get through, work out, enact, bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head, despatch, dispatch, knock off, finish off, polish off, make short work of, dispose of, set at rest, perform, discharge, fulfill, realize, put in practice, put in force, carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution, make good, be as good as one's word, do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog, drive home, be in at the death, carry through, play out, exhaust, fill the bill, finish, bring to a close, wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal, give the final touch, to, put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on, crown, crown all, cap, ripen, culminate, come to a head, come to a crisis, come to its end, die a natural death, die of old age, run its course, run one's race, touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal, reach, get in the harvest.

Effect

N effect, consequence, aftergrowth, aftercome, derivative, derivation, result, resultant, resultance, upshot, issue, denouement, end, development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud, production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance, creature, creation, offspring, offshoot, firstfruits, firstlings, heredity, telegony, premices premises, owing to, resulting from, derivable from, due to, caused by, dependent upon, derived from, evolved from, derivative, hereditary, telegonous, of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, through, all along of, necessarily, eventually, cela va sans dire, thereby hangs a tale.

Influence

N influence, importance, weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway, predominance, predominancy, ascendency, dominance, reign, control, domination, pull, authority, capability, effect, interest, synergy (cooperation), footing, purchase, play, leverage, vantage ground, tower of strength, host in himself, protection, patronage, auspices, influential, effective, important, weighty, prevailing, prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical, with telling effect, tel maure tel valet.