Effect, n.
- 1. Consequence, result, issue, event.
- 2. Force, validity, weight, power, efficiency.
- 3. Purport, import, drift, tenor, meaning, general intent.
- 4. Fact, reality, truth.
- 5. General or total impression, ensemble.
Effect, v. a.
- 1. Cause, produce, create.
- 2. Accomplish, achieve, execute, perform, do, consummate, complete, realize, carry, compass, effectuate,
bring about, bring to pass, carry out, work out.
Effective, a.
- 1. Competent, adequate, sufficient, effectual.
- 2. Powerful, forcible, energetic, potent, cogent, efficacious.
- 3. Operative, active, efficient.
Effects, n. pl. Goods, furniture, movables, personal estate.
Effectual, a.
- 1. Operative, successful.
- 2. Efficacious, effective, active, efficient, of adequate power.
Effectuate, v. a. Accomplish, secure, achieve, effect, execute, carry out, bring to pass.
Effeminacy, n. [Said of men.] Weakness, softness, timidity, unmanly delicacy.
Effeminate, a. [Said of men.] Womanish, feminine, timorous, unmanly.
Effeminate, v. a. Unman, soften, emasculate, emolliate, make or render effeminate.
Effervesce, v. n. Froth, foam, bubble, ferment, bubble and hiss.