effectuate

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10

Definition of effectuate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.).
    “[T]he next necessary step was to elude the vigilance of my guard: and in this manner did I effectuate my purpose.”
    “A military draft derives from Congress’s power to raise armies; federal jury duty effectuates the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial.”

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Etymology

From the participle stem of Renaissance Latin effectuare, or its source, Latin effectus (“effect”); probably after Middle French effectuer.

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