Definition of effect

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Effect (n.) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance..

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Nugatory :: Nugatory (a.) Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.
Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
Tantamount :: Tantamount (a.) Equivalent in value, signification, or effect..
Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering..
Amount :: Amount (n.) To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little..
Prerequisite :: Prerequisite (a.) Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success..
Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Burning :: Burning (n.) The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated..
Action :: Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..
Chattel :: Chattel (n.) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects..
Rebuttal :: Rebuttal (n.) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
Intromit :: Intromit (v. i.) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
Diluent :: Diluent (n.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
Tetanin :: Tetanin (n.) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.
Combination :: Combination (n.) The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense.
Antidote :: Antidote (n.) Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce..
Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.
Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..
Glissando :: Glissando (n. & a.) A gliding effect; gliding.
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