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cause to happen or occur; "The scientists set up a shockwave"

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"

an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"

a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"

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"

an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"

a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"

produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave"

act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

Manifestation; expression; sign.

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.

Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.

The purport; the sum and substance.

Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.

Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; - with to.

Goods; movables; personal estate; - sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

Manifestation; expression; sign.

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.

Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.

The purport; the sum and substance.

Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.

Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; - with to.

Goods; movables; personal estate; - sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.

To produce as a cause, consequence, or result; accomplish; bring about.

Result; purpose; impression.

The result or consequence of an action.

That which is produced by an operating agent or cause: the result or consequence of the application of a cause or of the action of an agent on some subject: consequence: result: as, the effect of luxury, of intemperance, of cold, etc.: he spoke with great effect: the effect of this war was the breaking up of the kingdom. "Effect is the substance produced, or simple idea introduced into any subject by the exerting of power."-Locke. Power to-produce consequences or results: force: validity: importance: account: as, the obligation is void and of no effect. "Christ is become of no effect to you."-Gal. v. 4. Purport: tenor: import or general intent: as, he made the purchase for his friend, and immediately wrote him to that effect: his speech was to the effect that, etc.: completion: perfection. "Not so worthily to be brought to heroical effect by fortune or necessity."-Sir P. Sidney. Reality: not mere appearance: fact: substance. "No other in effect than what it seems."-Denham. "To say of a celebrated piece that there are faults in it, is, in effect, to say the author is a man."-Addison. The impression produced on the mind, as by natural scenery, a picture, musical composition, or other work or art, by the object as a whole, before its details are examined: the ensemble or general result of all the qualities of a work of art. "The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place."-W. Irving. (pl.) Goods: movables: personal estate: as, the people escaped from the iown with their effects.

Something done; result; operation; impression.

To accomplish; bring to pass.

To cause; product; achieve; accomplish.

Aresult; product; consequence.

The substance of a statement; gist.

Fact or reality; following in.

Movable goods.

That which is produced by an agent or cause; consequence; intent; advantage; force or validity; completion; reality; fact; general impression; goods; movables; personal estate; truthful imitation, heightened and made more impressive chiefly by the artifices of light, shade, and colour; that impression which a composition makes on the car and mind, in performance.

To produce; to cause to be; to accomplish or achieve. For effect, for the purpose of heightening or exaggerating.

Result or consequence of a cause or agent; consequence; result; impression produced by certain combinations, as in a picture.

To produce; to bring to pass; to accomplish.

n. [Latin] That which is produced by an agent or cause; result; consequence; event; impression produced;—purpose; general intention;—profit; advantage;—force; validity; efficiency -reality; actual fact;—pl. Goods; movables ; personal estate.

That which is produced by an operating cause; consequence, event; reality, not mere appearance; in the plural, goods, moveables.