effect

EFFECT', noun [Latin effectus, from efficio; ex and facio, to make.] 1. That which is produced by an agent or cause; as the effect of luxury; the effect of intemperance. Poverty, disease and disgrace are the natural effects of dissipation. 2. Consequence; event. To say that a composition is imperfect, is in effect to say the author is a man. 3. Purpose; general intent. They spoke to her to that effect 2 Chronicles 34:22. 4. Consequence intended; utility; profit; advantage. Christ is become of no effect to you. Galatians 5:4. 5. Force; validity. The obligation is void and of no effect 6. Completion; perfection. Not so worthily to be brought to heroical effect by fortune or necessity. 7. Reality; not mere appearance; fact. No other in effect than what it seems. 8. In the plural, effects are goods; movables; personal estate. The people escaped from the town with their effects. EFFECT', verb transitive [from the Noun.] To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be. The revolution in France effected a great change of property. 1. To bring to pass; to achieve; to accomplish; as, to effect an object or purpose.