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/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

... world with the wonder of the water cure. Mother wanted to try it, but on sober second thought she put me through. A bucket of ice-water was poured over to see the effect. Then I was rubbed down with flannels, sheet was dipped in the water, and I was put to bed. I perspired so much that mother put a ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... alcohol began to have little effect upon him, except that when he awoke his hands were all aflutter so that he spilled his coffee and tore his newspaper. He felt sick and weary, his misery numbed by many repetitions of its every twinge. A sure instinct urged him to get out of the town and into ...

— The Blood of the Conquerors • Harvey Fergusson

... the mountains is ours. We are now as nearly as possible on a level with the topmost peak of Everest, the most lofty projection on the earth's surface; and in due time I hope we shall have the unique felicity of planting our feet on that as yet untrodden spot, and of leaving a record to that effect behind us." ...

— The Log of the Flying Fish - A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure • Harry Collingwood

... congenital hostility to novelty. But the reformer who, under a democracy, bases his case upon the principles upon which democracy is founded has an easy road, for the populace is familiar with those principles and eager to see them put into practical effect. The late Cecil Chesterton, in his penetrating "History of the United States," showed how Andrew Jackson came to power by that route. Jackson, he said, was simply a man so naive that he accepted the lofty doctrines of the Declaration of Independence ...

— The American Credo - A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind • George Jean Nathan

... inch of mud plaster or mortar. The masonry is exceptionally well executed, that of the northern wall being composed of large stones carefully chinked and rubbed down. The chinking appears to have been carried through in bands, producing a decorative effect, resembling some of the masonry of the Chaco ruins. The western wall is composed of larger stones laid up more roughly with less chinking, and appears to have been a later addition. On the back wall of the cave are marks of walls ...

— The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona • Cosmos Mindeleff

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