Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.
A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.
Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
Manifestation; expression; sign.
In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; - with to.
The purport; the sum and substance.
Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
Goods; movables; personal estate; - sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
