Hypertext Webster Gateway: "effecting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Effect \Ef*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Effecting}.]
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

So great a body such exploits to effect. --Daniel.

2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to
accomplish.

To effect that which the divine counsels had
decreed. --Bp. Hurd.

They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
--Jowett (Th.
).

Syn: To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute;
perform; attain. See {Accomplish}.

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