Definition of effect

• 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.