Antonyms for take effect
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-fekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɛkt |
Definition of take effect
Origin :- late 14c., "a result," from Old French efet (13c., Modern French effet) "result, execution, completion, ending," from Latin effectus "accomplishment, performance," from past participle stem of efficere "work out, accomplish," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + facere "to do" (see factitious).
- Meaning "impression produced on the beholder" is from 1736. Sense in stage effect, sound effect, etc. first recorded 1881. The verb is from 1580s. Related: Effecting; effection.
- As in tell : verb carry weight
- As in act : verb do something
- As in happen : verb come to pass; occur
- As this began to take effect, memory also resumed its torturing work.
- Extract from : « The Masked Bridal » by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
- Little by little the cold and wet began to take effect upon me.
- Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
- Wait till they pass us, that our shot may take effect on their backs.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 » by Various
- It took a while for those last words to take effect on Barrent.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- He paused for his words to take effect, and I started from my chair as if I had been struck.
- Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
- But the big cat was now wary and both shots failed to take effect.
- Extract from : « The Boy Land Boomer » by Ralph Bonehill
- And at length the spell began to take effect on Youkahainen himself.
- Extract from : « Finnish Legends for English Children » by R. Eivind
- But the legacy is not to take effect until the day she marries.
- Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum
- He also added a clause to the effect that this was to be retrospective, to take effect from 1681.
- Extract from : « Chelsea » by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton
- I am not in the secret when the promotion is to take effect.
- Extract from : « Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I » by Sir John Ross
Synonyms for take effect
- accomplish
- achieve
- appear
- arise
- arrive
- be found
- become a fact
- become known
- become of
- befall
- begin
- betide
- bump
- carry on
- carry out
- chance
- come about
- come after
- come into being
- come into existence
- come off
- consummate
- cook
- count
- create
- crop up
- develop
- do
- do a number
- do one's thing
- down
- enforce
- ensue
- eventuate
- execute
- fall
- follow
- function
- get in there
- go about
- go for broke
- go for it
- go in for
- go on
- go that route
- go to town
- have effect
- have force
- hit
- intrude
- issue
- knock off
- labor
- light
- luck
- make presence felt
- make presence known
- make progress
- maneuver
- materialize
- meet
- militate
- move
- officiate
- operate
- pass
- percolate
- perk
- perpetrate
- persevere
- persist
- practice
- present itself
- preside
- proceed
- pursue
- recur
- register
- respond
- result
- serve
- shake
- smoke
- spring
- stumble
- stumble upon
- supervene
- take effect
- take its toll
- take part
- take place
- take steps
- take up
- transort
- transpire
- turn out
- turn up
- undertake
- weigh
- what goes
- work out
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