2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effect \Ef*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effected}; p. pr & vb
n. {Effecting}.]
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be
So great a body such exploits to effect. --Daniel.
2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to
accomplish.
To effect that which the divine counsels had
decreed. --Bp. Hurd.
They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
--Jowett (Th.
).
Syn: To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute;
perform; attain. See {Accomplish}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
effected
adj : settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes
health problems is an accomplished fact" [syn: {accomplished},
{established}]
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