effectuate
verb🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪt/
🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they effectuate | 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪt/ 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪt/ |
| he / she / it effectuates | 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪts/ 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪts/ |
| past simple effectuated | 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪd/ |
| past participle effectuated | 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form effectuating | 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪˈfektʃueɪtɪŋ/ |
- effectuate something
to make something happen 使发生；实现 Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin effectuat- ‘caused to happen’, from the verb effectuare, from Latin effectus, from efficere ‘accomplish’, from ex- ‘out, thoroughly’ + facere ‘do, make’.