·noun Manifestation; expression; sign.
II. Effect ·noun The purport; the sum and substance.
III. Effect ·noun Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
IV. Effect ·vt To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
V. Effect ·noun Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent;
— with to.
VI. Effect ·noun Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
VII. Effect ·noun Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
VIII. Effect ·noun Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
IX. Effect ·noun Goods; movables; personal estate;
— sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
X. Effect ·vt To bring to pass; to Execute; to Enforce; to Achieve; to Accomplish.
XI. Effect ·noun In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.