effecter

Variant of effect

effect definition

ef·fect (e fekt′, i-; often ē-, ə-)

noun

  1. anything brought about by a cause or agent; result
  2. the power or ability to bring about results; efficacy a law of little effect
  3. influence or action on something the drug had a cathartic effect
  4. general meaning; purport he spoke to this effect
    1. the impression produced on the mind of the observer or hearer, as by artistic design or manner of speaking, acting, etc. to do something just for effect
    2. something, as a design, aspect of nature, etc., that produces a particular impression striking cloud effects
    3. a scientific phenomenon the Doppler effect
  6. the condition or fact of being operative or in force the law goes into effect today
  7. belongings; property household effects

Etymology: ME < OFr (& L) < L effectus, orig., pp. of efficere, to bring to pass, accomplish < ex-, out + facere, do

transitive verb

to bring about; produce as a result; cause; accomplish to effect a compromise

Related Forms:

effect Idioms

give effect to

to put into practice; make operative

in effect

  1. in result; actually; in fact
  2. in essence; virtually
  3. in operation; in force

take effect

to begin to produce results; become operative

to the effect

with the purport or meaning

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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