Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to effect
Participle: effected
Gerund: effecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | effect |
| you | effect |
| he;she;it | effects |
| we | effect |
| you | effect |
| they | effect |
Perfect
| I | have effected |
| you | have effected |
| he;she;it | has effected |
| we | have effected |
| you | have effected |
| they | have effected |
Past
| I | effected |
| you | effected |
| he;she;it | effected |
| we | effected |
| you | effected |
| they | effected |
Pluperfect
| I | had effected |
| you | had effected |
| he;she;it | had effected |
| we | had effected |
| you | had effected |
| they | had effected |
Future
| I | will effect |
| you | will effect |
| he;she;it | will effect |
| we | will effect |
| you | will effect |
| they | will effect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have effected |
| you | will have effected |
| he;she;it | will have effected |
| we | will have effected |
| you | will have effected |
| they | will have effected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | effect |
| you | effect |
| he;she;it | effect |
| we | effect |
| you | effect |
| they | effect |
Perfect
| I | have effected |
| you | have effected |
| he;she;it | have effected |
| we | have effected |
| you | have effected |
| they | have effected |
Imperfect
| I | effected |
| you | effected |
| he;she;it | effected |
| we | effected |
| you | effected |
| they | effected |
Pluperfect
| I | had effected |
| you | had effected |
| he;she;it | had effected |
| we | had effected |
| you | had effected |
| they | had effected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would effect |
| you | would effect |
| he;she;it | would effect |
| we | would effect |
| you | would effect |
| they | would effect |
Perfect
| I | would have effected |
| you | would have effected |
| he;she;it | would have effected |
| we | would have effected |
| you | would have effected |
| they | would have effected |
Imperative
| you | effect |
| we | Let's effect |
| you | effect |
Verbs conjugated like 'effect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'effect'
affect,
defect,
deflect,
efface,
effort,
eject,
elect,
erect,
exect,
expect,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1385, "result," from O.Fr. effect, from L. effectus "accomplishment, performance," from stem of efficere "work out, accomplish," from ex- "out" + facere "to do" (see factitious). The verb is from 1589. Sense in stage effect, sound effect, etc. first recorded 1881. Effects "goods, property" is from 1704. Effective "having result" is from 1760; earlier in this sense was effectual (c.1386).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
4. Proto-Indo-European *-s
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
6. Proto-Italic *eks
7. Latin ex
8. Latin ex-
9. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
10. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
13. Proto-Italic *θakjō
14. Proto-Italic *fakjō
15. Latin faciō
16. Latin efficiō
17. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
18. Proto-Italic *-tus
19. Latin -tus
20. Latin effectuslbor.
21. Old French effectbor.
22. Middle English effect
23. English effect
24. Of the noun: from Middle English effect, from Old French effect (modern French effet), from Latin effectus (“an effect, tendency, purpose”), from efficiō (“accomplish, complete, effect”); see effect as a verb. Displaced Old English fremming, fremednes from fremman.
25. Etymology tree
26. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
27. Proto-Indo-European *-s
28. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
29. Proto-Italic *eks
30. Latin ex
31. Latin ex-
32. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
33. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
34. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
35. Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
36. Proto-Italic *θakjō
37. Proto-Italic *fakjō
38. Latin faciō
39. Latin efficiō
40. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
41. Proto-Italic *-tus
42. Latin -tus
43. Latin effectus
44. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
45. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
46. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
47. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
48. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
49. Proto-Italic *-ājō
50. Proto-Italic *-āō
51. Latin -ō
52. Medieval Latin effectuōder.
53. Middle English effecten
54. English effect
55. Of the verb: from Middle English effecten, partly from Medieval Latin effectuō, from Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“accomplish, complete, do, effect”), from ex (“out”) + faciō (“do, make”) (see fact and compare affect, infect) and partly from the noun effect.
Sample Sentences
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‘The result thus far, is quickly related, and easily conceived; but not so was the process; for many weeks of apparently unprofitable labour were passed before it was effected.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] is as well convinced that these gentry were as utterly worthless and debauched villains, as it is that the laws and jails hardened them in their evil courses, or that their wonderful escapes were effected by the prison-turnkeys who, in those admirable days, had always been felons themselves, and were, to the last, their bosom-friends and pot-companions. At the same time I know, as all men do or [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] been without its retributive operation, for this smartness has done more in a few years to impair the public credit, and to cripple the public resources, than dull honesty, however rash, could have effected in a century. The merits of a broken speculation, or a bankruptcy, or of a successful scoundrel, are not gauged by its or his observance of the golden rule, ‘Do as you would be done by, ’ but are [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] took it upon her, with some considerable ostentation, to change all the furniture and appurtenances of the room to one at some considerable distance. The under-servants, who were called on to effect this movement, were running and bustling about with great zeal and confusion, when Legree returned from a ride.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)