effect
EFFECT, n. 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, v.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.
effected
EFFECTED, pp. Done; performed; accomplished.
effectible
EFFECTIBLE, a. That may be done or achieved; practicable; feasible.
effecting
EFFECTING, ppr. Producing; performing; accomplishing.
effective
EFFECTIVE, a. Having the power to cause or produce; efficacious.
They are not effective of any thing.
1. Operative; active; having the quality of producing effects.
Time is not effective,nor are bodies destroyed by it.
2. Efficient; causing to be; as an effective cause.
3. Having the power of active operation; able; as effective men in any army; an effective force.
effectively
EFFECTIVELY, adv. With effect; powerfully; with real operation.
This effectively resists the devil.
In this sense, effectually is generally used.