The Collaborative International Dictionary
Effectuate \Ef*fec"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effectuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Effectuating.] [Cf. F. effectuer. See Effect, n. & v. t.] To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.
A fit instrument to effectuate his desire.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
In order to effectuate the thorough reform.
--G. T.
Curtis.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bring to pass, accomplish, achieve," 1570s, from French effectuer, from Latin effectus "an effecting, accomplishment, performance" (see effect (n.)). According to OED, formed "on the model of" actuate. Related: Effectuated; effectuating.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To be the cause of something. 2 (context transitive English) To bring about something; to effect or execute something.
WordNet
v. produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave" [syn: effect, bring about, set up]
Usage examples of "effectuate".
If the psychical totality of man consists of states of feeling, modes of volition, and powers of thought, not necessitating any spiritual entity in which they inhere, then, by parity of reasoning, the physical totality of man consists of states of nutrition, modes of absorption, and powers of change, implying no body in which these processes are effectuated!
It has enormous capacity to change itself: It reads the environment, writes its own specs, and effectuates them.
Then they went ahead and bred with the daughters of men, diffusing their talents through the racial organism, preventing them from effectuating until chance brought the genetic factors together again.
After the current emergency is over, I will effectuate it by Imperial decree!