(n.) Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law
goes into effect in May.
(n.) Manifestation; expression; sign.
(n.) In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause;
the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the
cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
(n.) Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
(n.) Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance;
account; as, to speak with effect.
(n.) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; --
with to.
(n.) The purport; the sum and substance.
(n.) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere
appearance.
(n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to
embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from
the town with their effects.
(v. t.) To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
(v. t.) To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to
accomplish.
