effectuate

English

Etymology

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

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.). [from 16th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     [T]he next necessary step was to elude the vigilance of my guard: and in this manner did I effectuate my purpose.

   • 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^[1]:

     A military draft derives from Congress’s power to raise armies; federal jury duty effectuates the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial.

Related terms

• effect
• effective
• effectiveness
• effectivity
• effector
• effectual
• efficacious
• efficacity
• efficacy
• efficiency
• efficient

 

Translations

to be the cause of

• Bulgarian: постигам (bg) (postigam), изпълнявам (bg) (izpǎlnjavam)
• Finnish: aiheuttaa (fi), saada aikaan (fi), saada aikaiseksi, tehdä (fi) (bring about); panna toimeen, toteuttaa (fi) (effect or execute)
• Greek: πραγματοποιώ (el) (pragmatopoió), πραγματώνω (el) (pragmatóno), υλοποιώ (el) (ylopoió)
• Swedish: effektuera (sv)