effectuate
verbEtymology From the participle stem of Renaissance Latin effectuare, or its source, Latin effectus (“effect”); probably after Middle French effectuer.
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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.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- A military draft derives from Congress’s power to raise armies; federal jury duty effectuates the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial.2022 January 11, Charles Lane, “Opinion: On vaccine mandates, the Supreme Court is doing a job Congress should have finished long ago”, in The Washington Post:
- Derived terms
- effectuation
- Related terms
- effect, effective, effectiveness, effectivity, effector, effectual, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficient