A lizard.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Utterable; that may be uttered or spoken. [This word is not used; but ineffable is in common use.]
Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.
1. To destroy a figure on the surface of any thing, whether painted or carved, so as to render it invisible or not distinguishable; as, to efface the letters on a monument.
2. To blot out; to erase, strike or scratch out, so as to destroy or render illegible; as, to efface a writing; to efface a name.
3. To destroy any impression on the mind; to wear away; as, to efface the image of a person in the mind; to efface ideas or thoughts; to efface gratitude.
1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
Capable of being effaced.
Rubbed or worn out; destroyed, as a figure or impression.
The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
Destroying a figure, character or impression on any thing.
To charm; to bewitch.
1. That which is produced by an agent or cause; as the effect of luxury; the effect of intemperance.
2. Poverty, disease and disgrace are the natural effects of dissipation.
3. Consequence; event.
4. To say that a composition is imperfect, is in effect to say the author is a man.
5. Purpose; general intent.
6. They spoke to her to that effect 2 Chronicles 34:22 .
7. Consequence intended; utility; profit; advantage.
8. Christ is become of no effect to you. Galatians 5:4 .
9. Force; validity. The obligation is void and of no effect
10. Completion; perfection.
12. Reality; not mere appearance; fact.
13. No other in effect than what it seems.
14. In the plural, effects are goods; movables; personal estate. The people escaped from the town with their effects.
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be. The revolution in France effected a great change of property.
2. To bring to pass; to achieve; to accomplish; as, to effect an object or purpose.
1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
2. Manifestation; expression; sign.
3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
7. The purport; the sum and substance.
8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
9. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
Done; performed; accomplished.
One who effects.
That may be done or achieved; practicable; feasible.
Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.
Producing; performing; accomplishing.
Creation; a doing.
1. Having the power to cause or produce; efficacious.
2. They are not effective of any thing.
3. Operative; active; having the quality of producing effects.
4. Time is not effective nor are bodies destroyed by it.
5. Efficient; causing to be; as an effective cause.
6. Having the power of active operation; able; as effective men in any army; an effective force.
Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
1. That which produces a given effect; a cause.
2. One who is capable of active service.
3. Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.
1. With effect; powerfully; with real operation.
2. This effectively resists the devil.
3. [In this sense, effectually is generally used.]
With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.
The quality of being effective.
Without effect; without advantage; useless.
Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless.
One who effects; one who produces or causes; a maker or creator.
An effecter.
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31 KJV and 28 BSB verses contain “eff” — showing the first 20. Show all 57 verses (searchable)
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’S anger come upon you.
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.