effectuate
verb/ɪˈfektʃueɪt/
/ɪˈfektʃueɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they effectuate | /ɪˈfektʃueɪt/ /ɪˈfektʃueɪt/ |
| he / she / it effectuates | /ɪˈfektʃueɪts/ /ɪˈfektʃueɪts/ |
| past simple effectuated | /ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪd/ /ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪd/ |
| past participle effectuated | /ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪd/ /ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form effectuating | /ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪŋ/ |
- effectuate something to make something happen synonym causeTopics Change, cause and effectc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin effectuat- ‘caused to happen’, from the verb effectuare, from Latin effectus, from efficere ‘accomplish’, from ex- ‘out, thoroughly’ + facere ‘do, make’.
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