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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

... direction, four languages only, namely, English, French, German, Italian (or possibly Spanish) were taught at school, the saving of time—and what is more precious than time?—would be infinitely greater than what has been effected by railways and telegraphs. But I know that no name in any of the doomed languages would be too strong to stigmatize such folly. We should be told that a Japanese only could conceive such an idea; that for a people deliberately to give up its language was a thing never heard of before; ...

— Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. • F. Max Mueller

... as you can be for the cure which I see has begun, and will soon be effected. My sister is waiting to see you. Will ...

— A Romance of Two Worlds • Marie Corelli

... to do the least thing about him but myself, nor stirred from his bedside, except for a few minutes, to pour out my soul into the bosom of my God. I hardly, if ever, prayed for his recovery, being willing the rod should remain till it effected the purpose for which it was sent, and then I believed it would be removed—as if the Lord was to follow exactly the rules prescribed by my ...

— The Power of Faith - Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. • Isabella Graham

... brother had been struggling valiantly against overwhelming odds. Petrariae and mangonels threw huge stones into the castle, and effected breaches in keep and curtain. Miners undermined the walls, while over-against the stronghold two lofty structures of wood were raised, from which the crossbowmen, who manned them, were able to command the whole of the interior. At last the castle ...

— The History of England - From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) • T.F. Tout

... only a little. The shoot had now grown 3.5 inches in length, and carried at its extremity a young internode 1 inch in length, which showed slight changes in its curvature. The next or ninth revolution was effected in 2 hrs. 30 m. From this time forward, the revolutions were easily observed. The thirty-sixth revolution was performed at the usual rate; so was the last or thirty-seventh, but it was not completed; ...

— The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants • Charles Darwin

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