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Webster 1913 Edition

Effect

Ef-fect′

,
Noun.
[L.
effectus
, fr.
efficere
,
effectum
, to effect;
ex
+
facere
to make: cf. F.
effet
, formerly also spelled
effect
. See
Fact
.]
1.
Execution; performance; realization; operation;
as, the law goes into
effect
in May
.
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The
effect
and it.
Shakespeare
2.
Manifestation; expression; sign.
All the large
effects

That troop with majesty.
Shakespeare
3.
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
.
The
effect
is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause.
Whewell.
4.
Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical
effect
.
J. C. Shairp.
The
effect
was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.
W. Irving.
5.
Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account;
as, to speak with
effect
.
6.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; – with to.
They spake to her to that
effect
.
2 Chron. xxxiv. 22.
8.
Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
No other in
effect
than what it seems.
Denham.
9.
pl.
Goods; movables; personal estate; – sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property;
as, the people escaped from the town with their
effects
.
Syn. –
Effect
,
Consequence
,
Result
.
These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results.
Resolving all events, with their
effects

And manifold
results
, into the will
And arbitration wise of the Supreme.
Cowper.
Shun the bitter
consequence
, for know,
The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die.
Milton.

Ef-fect′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Effected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Effecting
.]
1.
To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
So great a body such exploits to
effect
.
Daniel.
2.
To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
To
effect
that which the divine counsels had decreed.
Bp. Hurd.
Syn. – To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See
Accomplish
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Effect

EFFECT'

,
Noun.
[L. 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 Chron.34.
4.
Consequence intended; utility; profit; advantage.
Christ is become of no effect to you. Gal.5.
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.
T.
[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.

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