KJV Dictionary Definition: effect

effect

EFFECT', n. L. effectus, from efficio; ex and facio, to make.

1. That which is produced by an agent or cause; as the effect of luxury; the effect of intemperance.

Poverty, disease and disgrace are the natural effects of dissipation.

2. Consequence; event.

To say that a composition is imperfect,is in effect to say the author is a man.

3. Purpose; general intent.

They spoke to her to that effect. 2 Chron.34.

4. Consequence intended; utility; profit; advantage.

Christ is become of no effect to you. Gal.5.

5. Force; validity. The obligation is void and of no effect.

6. Completion; perfection.

Not so worthily to be brought to heroical effect by fortune or necessity.

7. Reality; not mere appearance; fact.

No other in effect than what it seems.

8. In the plural, effects are goods; movables; personal estate. The people escaped from the town with their effects.

EFFECT', v.t. from the Noun. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be. The revolution in France effected a great change of property.

1. To bring to pass; to achieve; to accomplish; as, to effect an object or purpose.

effected

EFFECT'ED, pp. Done; performed; accomplished.

effectible

EFFECT'IBLE, a. That may be done or achieved; practicable; feasible.

effecting

EFFECT'ING, ppr. Producing; performing; accomplishing.

effective

EFFECT'IVE, a. Having the power to cause or produce; efficacious.

They are not effective of any thing.

1. Operative; active; having the quality of producing effects.

Time is not effective,nor are bodies destroyed by it.

2. Efficient; causing to be; as an effective cause.

3. Having the power of active operation; able; as effective men in any army; an effective force.

effectively

EFFECT'IVELY, adv. With effect; powerfully; with real operation.

This effectively resists the devil.

In this sense, effectually is generally used.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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