Index of English words, starting with "ef"

(1) - Effect (v. t.) To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
(2) - Effect (v. t.) To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
(3) - Effect (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.
(4) - Effect (n.) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
(5) - Effect (n.) The purport; the sum and substance.
(6) - Effect (n.) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
(7) - Effect (n.) Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
(8) - Effect (n.) Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
(9) - Effect (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.
(10) - Effect (n.) Manifestation; expression; sign.
(11) - Effect (n.) Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

(1) - Effecter (n.) One who effects.

(1) - Effectible (a.) Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.

(1) - Effective (n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.
(2) - Effective (n.) One who is capable of active service.
(3) - Effective (n.) That which produces a given effect; a cause.
(4) - Effective (a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.