| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The power or capacity to produce a desired result: effect, effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficacy, efficiency, potency. See AFFECT. 2. The strong effect exerted by one person or thing on another: force, impact, impression, repercussion. See AFFECT. 3. The power to produce an effect by indirect means: leverage, sway, weight. Informal : clout. Slang : pull. See AFFECT. | | VERB: | To have an impact on in a certain way: dispose, incline, predispose, sway. See AFFECT, LIKE.
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