Effect

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NOUN

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

an outward appearance

an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)

the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

(of a law) having legal validity

a symptom caused by an illness or a drug

VERB

act so as to bring into existence

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