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Effects

noun

1.

Property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business. Synonym: personal effects. "I watched over their effects until they returned"

Effect

noun

1.

A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. Synonyms: consequence, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot. "His decision had depressing consequences for business" , "He acted very wise after the event"

2.

An outward appearance. Synonym: impression. "I wanted to create an impression of success" , "She retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"

3.

An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived).

4.

The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. Synonyms: burden, core, essence, gist.

5.

(of a law) having legal validity. Synonym: force.

6.

A symptom caused by an illness or a drug. "The effect of the anesthetic"

verb

(past & past part. effected; pres. part. effecting)

1.

Produce. Synonyms: effectuate, set up.

2.

Act so as to bring into existence.

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"Effects" Quotes from Famous Books

... vow to the "God that made the world", and offerings, a good voyage was made back, and Germany reached, where Thorkill became a Christian. Only two of his men survived the effects of the poison and stench, and he himself was scarred and ...

— The Danish History, Books I-IX • Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")

... himself daily so much work to do, and resolutely performing it. A dreamer, who wanted to enjoy his passing moment, and not to keep regular time with his strokes, who wanted to gather flowers, and indulge his luxurious eyes with effects of light and shadow and colour, could not succeed. The river is ...

— The Open Air • Richard Jefferies

... Bernhardt, for whom he wrote "Fedora," "Theodora," and "La Tosca" (1887); a number of his plays have been translated into English, such as "A Scrap of Paper," "Diplomacy," &c.; was elected to the Academy in 1877; his plays are characterised by clever dialogue and stage effects, and an emotionalism rather French ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... at work, or the awakening of new ideas and other determinants of character.) To portray a social situation, such as the relation between workmen and employers, or between men and women To show the inevitable effects of action and motive, as of the determined loyalty of Dugald Stewart and his mother, or the battle of fisher-folk or ...

— The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays • Various

... he said. "What do we know of the effects of our actions? Can we be certain that they are limited to this earth? Is it well with the child? I say we don't know. We dare not affirm that we know. He ...

— In the Wilderness • Robert Hichens

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