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Meaning Of Effect

  1. n.
    Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
  2. n.
    Manifestation; expression; sign.
  3. 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.
  4. n.
    Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
  5. n.
    Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
  6. n.
    Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
  7. n.
    The purport; the sum and substance.
  8. n.
    Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
  9. 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.
  10. v. t.
    To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
  11. v. t.
    To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.



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