Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.