a. [ L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak. ] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Bacon.
a. Capable of being effaced. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. effacement. ] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. effascinare. ] To charm; to bewitch. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. effascinatio. ] A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See Fact. ]
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
All the large effects
That troop with majesty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]
The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
They spake to her to that effect. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
No other in effect than what it seems. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
For effect,
In effect,
Of no effect,
Of none effect,
To no effect,
Without effect
To give effect to,
To take effect,
Resolving all events, with their effects
And manifold results, into the will
And arbitration wise of the Supreme. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shun the bitter consequence, for know,
The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
So great a body such exploits to effect. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]
To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]
They sailed away without effecting their purpose. Jowett (Th. ).
n. One who effects. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]