effectuate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ef=fec=tu=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

effectuate, v. t. [Cf. F. effectuer. See Effect, n. & v. t.].

 To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.  [1913 Webster]
"A fit instrument to effectuate his desire."  [1913 Webster]
"In order to effectuate the thorough reform."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

effectuate, v.tr. cause to happen; accomplish.

Derivative

effectuation n.

Etymology

med.L effectuare (as EFFECT)

THESAURUS

effectuate

abide by, accomplish, achieve, act, adhere to, administer, attain, author, be productive, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring into being, bring off, bring to effect, bring to fruition, bring to pass, carry, carry out, carry through, cause, commit, compass, complete, conceive, constitute, consummate, create, deal with, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do, do the job, do the trick, do to, effect, enact, enforce, engender, engineer, establish, execute, father, fetch, fill out, form, found, fulfill, generate, gestate, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, go and do, honor, implement, inaugurate, incept, industrialize, inflict, install, institute, knock off, make, make out, manage, mass-produce, materialize, observe, occasion, organize, originate, overproduce, pay, perform, perpetrate, polish off, produce, promulgate, prosecute, pull off, put away, put in force, put through, realize, render, set afloat, set on foot, set up, silken, sire, succeed, take and do, take care of, transact, turn the trick, up and do, volume-produce, work, work out, wreak

ROGET THESAURUS

effectuate

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.