Noun : Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin. ,His protest had no effect. ,to bring a plan into effect. ,She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect. ,We had the feeling that the big, expensive car was only for effect. ,a three-dimensional effect. ,the Doppler effect.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring.    From Dictionary.com. 

The word effected what he desired; what almost her life demanded.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference

The calling of the name effected a temporary pathway through those intangible barriers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bane of The Black Sword]

How thoroughly the work was effected is proved by the utter change in the national character.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

But what they have effected is fairly attributable to their zeal and laboriousness, rather than to their peculiar opinions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor] Reference

The call effected, the first operator continued to revolve the machine so that the balls of pith should diverge in the two electrometers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference

The recall effected 95 brands of cuts and gravy-style dog food and cat food.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2007] Reference

Through the injection of neutral fluids a great increase in the vascular tension is effected, which is relieved by elimination through the kidneys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887] Reference

Human hermaphrodites are usually so deformed that fecundation is not effected, which is a fortunate safeguard against the multiplication of such monstrosities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plain Facts for Old and Young] Reference

The whole thing is so maudlin, with all these people claiming they've some how been "effected" and injured by the word.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The agile, articulate Greta, with her keen legal mind and rugged, strong-jawed persistence, will be on the scene to unearth every lie!"] Reference

Mr. DU LAC: And, you know, strangely enough, Rhett Miller occasionally sings with this kind of effected British accent, so, you know, homecoming?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death Cab's Latest Will 'Possess Your Heart'] Reference

(In electronic music parlance, "effected" means processed with signal-altering effects.).    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Like a few others have said, I'm not particularly "effected" by his death, but he is/was no doubt one of the, if not the, most important and influential musicians of all time.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Interest rates have been barely effected by the law.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zach Carter: CNBC Does Not Understand How Regulation Works] Reference

Entrance had been effected by forcing a small side door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference

Nor is there any change usually effected just before death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love's Final Victory] Reference

Next she asks Laurie how the economy has effected Fine Cooking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kurt Michael Friese: Liveblogging Day 3 of the Food Writers Symposium at the Greenbrier] Reference

Manufacturers must submit information on effected tires by July 1, 2011.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fuel-efficient tire regulations and rolling-resistance ratings] Reference

How has all this effected U.S. relations with Bolivia and its neighbors?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grandstanding] Reference

But when the desired reformation is effected, the suffering will be removed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love's Final Victory] Reference

We do not know how this is effected, but we see cases in which it is effected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love's Final Victory] Reference

Amazingly, they found people still living in the wreckage and effected their rescue.    From Wordnik.com.  [9/11 Memories] Reference

Something, however, may be effected by the means which they have placed in my hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference

Owners of effected vehicles should also be receiving a letter to describe the conditions of the warranty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toyota extends run-flat tire warranty] Reference

There a reconciliation was effected, honor was satisfied all around, and they returned home in good spirits.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference

But, as June approaches and the earth becomes warmed through by the sun, a sudden metamorphosis is effected.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

If I had to look at this and say I could have effected change and didn't do it, I would not have a clear conscience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Wald: Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei: Is the Arab world ready for reform?] Reference

In our form of democracy the expression of the popular will can be effected only through the instrumentality of political parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference

But "" Bulworth '' is essentially a 1970s film, as if from the era before movies were focus-grouped and special-effected to death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beatty Goes Bonkers] Reference

SAGAL: They didn't want the women to be effected by how attractive or not the men would be, they wanted to be just abstract dancing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Limericks] Reference

Individuals who feel loved, valued, and validated by their parents are less likely to be negatively effected if they are not favored.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Ellen Libby: Mom and Dad: How to Solve the Favoritism Problem Once and For All] Reference

Erdogan and Karamanlis are both center rightists, they're young (Karamanlis is 47, Erdogan, 50) and both have effected political revolutions.    From Wordnik.com.  [EUROPE'S ODDEST COUPLE] Reference

It's impossible to overlook the positive changes they've effected: the roominess, the stay-all-day attitude, even -- some would say especially -- the coffee bars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reading Frenzy] Reference

It has produced a political division throughout the United States over the managing of foreign affairs and has effected a worldwide distrust of the U.S. government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters to the Magazine] Reference

Moreover, it realizes that the policies it considers important, including an effective social-safety net for Europeans, cannot be effected by laissez-faire economics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where Are You Now Charles De Gaulle?] Reference

Of course they are beautifully crafted -- gleaming, high-tech artifacts, designed, photographed, edited and special-effected to within a millimeter of technical perfection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Future Shock In The Old West] Reference