effect
noun | ef·fect
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: something that is produced by an agent or cause
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: personal property 1 at property : goods the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures —U.S. Constitution amend. IV
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: the quality or state of being operative when the new law goes into effect
effect
transitive verb
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: to cause to come into being
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: to bring about often by surmounting obstacles effect a settlement of the dispute
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: to put into operation the duty of the legislature to effect the will of the citizens