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Effect   /ɪfˈɛkt/  /ˈifɛkt/  /əfˈɛkt/   Listen
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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"Effect" Quotes from Famous Books



... nobly dost decline Of tracing word by word, and line by line. Those are the labored births of slavish brains, Not the effect of poetry but pains; Cheap, vulgar arts, whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts, ...
— Early Theories of Translation • Flora Ross Amos
... raging within it. After reading this speech for the fiftieth time, the critic cannot free himself from the rapture of admiration and amazement which he experienced in his first fresh acquaintance with it. Yet its delivery in the House of Commons (February 28, 1785) produced an effect so slight, that Pitt, after a few minutes' consultation with Grenville, concluded that it was not worth the trouble of being answered; and the House of Commons, obedient to the Prime Minister's direction, negatived, by a large majority, the motion in advocating which Burke poured out the ...
— The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster • Daniel Webster
... were the grands seigneurs of the land on which we were born, these Ombrevals, and I could tell you of wrongs committed by them which would make you shudder in horror. This one shall atone in the small measure we can enforce from him. It was to this end that I ordered you to effect his capture. Have patience, dear Caron, and forgive me that I cannot grant your request. As I have said, I am desolated that it should be so. Ask me, if you will, the life of any other—or any dozen others—and they are yours. But Ombreval ...
— The Trampling of the Lilies • Rafael Sabatini
... The effect was instantaneous. Pereira turned a little pale beneath his yellow skin, for like most cruel men he was a ...
— The People Of The Mist • H. Rider Haggard
... effect upon the officer. At a signal two sailors seized him, and, despite his struggles, turned ...
— Joe's Luck - Always Wide Awake • Horatio Alger, Jr.


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