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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

... the joint influence of the following things: the fatally arisen rupture between corporal and spiritual desires, - the sharp contrast between English purity and English lewdness that, with its incomprehensible contradiction, has as exciting an effect as the dog in the duck-yard, who decoys the inquisitive ducks into the mouth of the strangler, - and finally the accursed self-contempt that makes one say: "There's nothing lost ...

— The Bride of Dreams • Frederik van Eeden

... inquiry into a source neglected by the French historians, namely, the correspondence of the English ambassadors, agents, and statesmen for the years 1668, 1669.[1] One result is to confirm a wild theory of my own to the effect that the Man in the Iron Mask (if Dauger were he) may have been as great a mystery to himself as to historical inquirers. He may not have known WHAT he was imprisoned for doing! More important is the probable ...

— The Lock and Key Library/Real Life #2 • Julian Hawthorne

... consoled and elevated by beautiful music or by the sublimity of architecture or by the peacefulness of nature. Plato has himself admitted, in the earlier part of the Republic, that the arts might have the effect of harmonizing as well as of enervating the mind; but in the Tenth Book he regards them through a Stoic or Puritan medium. He asks only 'What good have they done?' and is not satisfied with the reply, that 'They have given innocent pleasure ...

— The Republic • Plato

... Chinese, it is known, hold it in the utmost contempt, and scarce deign to afford it the decent protection of the laws. The modern maxims of foreign commerce, by aiming at the impoverishment of all our neighbours, so far as they are capable of producing their intended effect, tend to render that very ...

— An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations • Adam Smith

... preparedness is still in its beginnings. We're getting clear for it hastily, but it is an organization which requires a long time and which can only have full effect in time of peace. Later, we shall take them from childhood; we shall make good sound soldiers of them, and of good health, morally as ...

— Light • Henri Barbusse

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