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Definitions for Effected

[1] something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
[2] power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect.
[3] the state of being operative or functional; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.
[4] a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech.
[5] meaning or sense; purpose or intention: She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect.
[6] the making of a desired impression: We had the feeling that the big, expensive car was only for effect.
[7] an illusory phenomenon: a three-dimensional effect.
[8] a real phenomenon (usually named for its discoverer): the Doppler effect.
[9] special effects.
[10] to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen: The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring.
[11] in effect , for practical purposes; virtually: His silence was in effect a confirmation of the rumor. essentially; basically. operating or functioning; in force: The plan is now in effect.
[12] take effect , to go into operation; begin to function. to produce a result: The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.
[13] something that is produced by a cause or agent; result
[14] power or ability to influence or produce a result; efficacy with no effect
[15] the condition of being operative (esp in the phrases in or into effect ) the law comes into effect at midnight
[16] take effect to become operative or begin to produce results
[17] basic meaning or purpose (esp in the phrase to that effect )
[18] an impression, usually one that is artificial or contrived (esp in the phrase for effect )
[19] a scientific phenomenon the Doppler effect
[20] in effect in fact; actually for all practical purposes
[21] the overall impression or result the effect of a painting
[22] (tr) to cause to occur; bring about; accomplish

Words related to Effected

effectenforce, achieve, implement, realize, enact, secure, effectuate, conclude, actuate, buy, sell, render, perform, actualize, make, cause, begin, unzip, complete, invoke

Words nearby Effected

effectefavirenz, eff, eff., effable, efface, effect, effecter, effective, effective conjugate, effective current, effective dose

Origin of Effected

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin effectus the carrying out (of a task, etc.), hence, that which is achieved, outcome, equivalent to effec- (variant stem of efficere to make, carry out; ef- ef- + -ficere, combining form of facere to do1) + -tus suffix of v. action

Words that may be confused with Effected

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, effectaffect, effect, (see, usage, note, at, affect1)

Other words from Effected

ef·fect·i·ble , adjective
pre·ef·fect , noun, verb (used with object)
un·ef·fect·ed , adjective
un·ef·fect·i·ble , adjective
well-ef·fect·ed , adjective
ef•fect′ i•ble adj.

Word origin for Effected

C14: from Latin effectus a performing, tendency, from efficere to accomplish, from facere to do

Synonyms for Effected

achieve, bring about, enact, enforce, implement, realize, actualize, actuate, begin, buy, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, effectuate, execute, fulfill, generate, induce, initiate, invoke, make, perform, procure, produce, render, secure, sell, unzip, yield, bring off, bring on, carry through, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, get across, get to, give rise to, make it, make waves, pull it off, put across, turn out, turn the trick