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effectuate

effectuate verb: to cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.).

Verb

effectuate (third-person singular simple present effectuates, present participle effectuating, simple past and past participle effectuated)

  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.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

effectuate meaning in Kannada

effectuate in Kannada

ಆಗುಮಾಡು, ಈಡೇರಿಸು, ನೆರವೇರಿಸು

Forms of effectuate

third-person singular presenteffectuates
present participleeffectuating
past participleeffectuated
pasteffectuated

Origin of effectuate

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

Words formed from effectuate

Questions about effectuate

What does effectuate mean?
Effectuate means to cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.).
What is effectuate in Kannada?
Effectuate in Kannada is ಆಗುಮಾಡು, ಈಡೇರಿಸು, ನೆರವೇರಿಸು. See Effectuate meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is effectuate?
Effectuate is a verb.
What is the past tense of effectuate?
The past tense of effectuate is effectuated.

Words near effectuate in the dictionary

  1. effectualizes
  2. effectualizing
  3. effectuall
  4. effectually
  5. effectualness
  6. effectuate
  7. effectuated
  8. effectuates
  9. effectuating
  10. effectuation
  11. effectuations

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