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In git.general /tim <gte848t@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:

>> From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
>>
>>   Effect \Ef*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effected}; p. pr. & vb.
>>      n. {Effecting}.]

This is actually aimed more to the audience and not this poster, but what
do all the gibberish following the pronunciation mean?  Because every use
I've heard of Effect as a verb has effect proceeded by the word to, or
with an -ing stem.  My knee-jerk reaction was to label these usages as
participles and gerunds, but since they're not being used as nouns, this
clearly isn't the case.  It's almost like an anti-participle or 
anti-gerund;  a noun being used as a verb.

(Not to imply that anyone's wrong.  But this is blowing my mind. :) )

Can someone use effect as a verb without a 'to' or '-ing'?


>>      1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
>>
>>               So great a body such exploits to effect. --Daniel.
>>
>>      2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to
>>         accomplish.
>>
>>               To effect that which the divine counsels had
>>               decreed.                              --Bp. Hurd.
>>
>>               They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
>>                                                     --Jowett (Th.
>>                                                     ).
>>
>>      Syn: To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute;
>>           perform; attain. See {Accomplish}.