effect
Definition of effect:
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part of speech: noun
Result or consequence of a cause or agent; consequence; result; impression produced by certain combinations, as in a picture.
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part of speech: verb
To produce; to bring to pass; to accomplish.
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part of speech: noun
That which is produced by an operating agent or cause: the result or consequence of the application of a cause or of the action of an agent on some subject: consequence: result: as, the effect of luxury, of intemperance, of cold, etc.: he spoke with great effect: the effect of this war was the breaking up of the kingdom. " Effect is the substance produced, or simple idea introduced into any subject by the exerting of power."- Locke. Power to- produce consequences or results: force: validity: importance: account: as, the obligation is void and of no effect. " Christ is become of no effect to you."- Gal. v. 4. Purport: tenor: import or general intent: as, he made the purchase for his friend, and immediately wrote him to that effect: his speech was to the effect that, etc.: completion: perfection. " Not so worthily to be brought to heroical effect by fortune or necessity."- Sir P. Sidney. Reality: not mere appearance: fact: substance. " No other in effect than what it seems."- Denham. " To say of a celebrated piece that there are faults in it, is, in effect, to say the author is a man."- Addison. The impression produced on the mind, as by natural scenery, a picture, musical composition, or other work or art, by the object as a whole, before its details are examined: the ensemble or general result of all the qualities of a work of art. " The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place."- W. Irving. ( pl.) Goods: movables: personal estate: as, the people escaped from the iown with their effects.
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Usage examples for effect:
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I shall continue my best endeavours to bring your business to a good effect
"A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II." – Bulstrode Whitelocke -
If there are small weeds, the harrowing will destroy them, and give all the strength of the soil to the young corn; if there are no weeds, the effect of the harrowing will be to give the young plants twice as large a growth in the first two weeks as they would make without it.
"Soil Culture" – J. H. Walden -
That is 'distance effect
"Germany, The Next Republic?" – Carl W. Ackerman -
Rather pretty effect don't you think?
"The Monk of Hambleton" – Armstrong Livingston
