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effecting

effecting adjective: causative, effective. Also the present participle and gerund of effect.

Adjective

effecting (comparative more effecting, superlative most effecting)

  1. Causative, effective.

Also used as

effecting is also the present participle and gerund of effect.

Forms of effecting

comparativemore effecting
superlativemost effecting

Origin of effecting

From effect + -ing. The adjective likely follows from the verb, perhaps with influence from effective, affecting, or both.

Questions about effecting

What does effecting mean?
Effecting means causative, effective.
What part of speech is effecting?
Effecting is an adjective.

Words near effecting in the dictionary

  1. effecter
  2. effecters
  3. effectful
  4. effectibility
  5. effectible
  6. effecting
  7. effection
  8. effections
  9. effectism
  10. effectivate
  11. effectivated

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