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effection

effection noun: creation; a doing.

Noun

effection (plural effections)

  1. Creation; a doing.
    • Man is the work and effection of Goda. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...

Forms of effection

pluraleffections

Origin of effection

Latin effectio: compare French effection.

Questions about effection

What does effection mean?
Effection means creation; a doing.
What part of speech is effection?
Effection is a noun.
What is the plural of effection?
The plural of effection is effections.

Words near effection in the dictionary

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

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