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/ɪfˈɛktəd/ /ɪfˈɛktɪd/ /ˈifɛktəd/ /ˈifɛktɪd/ Listen

verb

Effect v. t. (past & past part. effected; pres. part. effecting)

To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be. "So great a body such exploits to effect."

To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish. "To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed." "They sailed away without effecting their purpose."

Synonyms: To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See Accomplish.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Effected" Quotes from Famous Books

... it has effected much hitherto,' said the lady.' However, give me your mountain news. What ...

— Tancred - Or, The New Crusade • Benjamin Disraeli

... of a week or two, things found their places, and the family began to feel more comfortable; there was, also, a degree of regularity and order established, which could not be effected during the time that the soldiers were employed. Mrs Campbell and Percival took upon them all the work inside and round the house during the morning; the latter attending to the pigs and fowls, bringing ...

— The Settlers in Canada • Frederick Marryat

... in it was a great tall old chest as high as a table, that stood against the inner wall beyond which was the long gallery that looked down upon the cloister garden. The lobby appeared to be practically as broad as the two rooms on either side of it; but this was effected by the outer wall being made to bulge a little; and the inner wall being thinner than inside the two living-rooms. The deception was further increased by the two living-rooms being first wainscoted and then hung with ...

— By What Authority? • Robert Hugh Benson

... him into cruelty. It has to be conquered; but it must never he suffered to engross his thoughts. The true duties lie all upon the farther side, and must be attended to with a whole mind so soon as this preliminary clearing of the decks has been effected. In order that he may be kind and honest, it may be needful he should become a total abstainer; let him become so then, and the next day let him forget the circumstance. Trying to be kind and honest will require all his thoughts; ...

— Across The Plains • Robert Louis Stevenson

... soon effected, but it takes some time to secure our packages against the tremendous shaking which awaits them, and our careful henchman goes over his work three times before he can persuade himself to let go. But the reckless Bokhariotes, who care little ...

— Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

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