Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EF-FECT', n. [L. effectus, from efficio; ex and facio, to make; It. effetto; Fr. effet.]

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. Anon.
3. Purpose; general intent. They spoke to her to that effect. 2 Chron. xxxiv.
4. Consequence intended; utility; profit; advantage. Christ is become of no effect to you. Gal. v.
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. Sidney.
7. Reality; not mere appearance; fact. No other In effect than what It seems. Denham.
8. In the plural, effects are goods; movables; personal estate. The people escaped from the town with their effects.