Definition for
effect
noun – That which is effected by an efficient cause; a consequent; more generally, the result of any kind of cause except a final cause: as, the effect of heat.
noun – Power to produce consequnces or results; force; validity; account: as, the obligation is void and of no effect.
noun – Purport; import or general intent: as, he immediately wrote to that effect; his speech was to the effect that, etc.
noun – A state or course of accomplishment or fulfilment; effectuation; achievement; operation: as, to bring a plan into effect; the medicine soon took effect.
noun – Actual fact; reality; not mere appearance: preceded by in.
noun – Mental impression; general result upon the mind of what is apprehended by any of the faculties: as, the effect of a view, or of a picture.
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