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], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 July 2025:

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

Derived terms

• effectuation

Related terms

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

Translations

to be the cause of — see also effect,‎ effectivate,‎ effectivize,‎ put into effect

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

reflexive

• Spanish: efectuarse (es)