effectern.
/ᵻˈfɛktə/, U.S. /əˈfɛktər/, /iˈfɛktər/ A person who or thing which brings about an event or result, accomplishes a purpose, etc. Usually with of.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creator
forgerc1380
authora1382
feigner1382
formerc1386
founderc1390
makera1450
plasmatoura1500
constitutor1531
framer1534
creator1548
fashioner1548
opificer1548
essentiator1561
creatress1590
effecter1591
compactor1593
moulder1594
creatrix1595
mouldress1599
effector1635
composer1644
plastic1644
opifex1649
fabricator1650
formator1656
efformer1662
essentializer1669
constituenta1676
crafter1907
the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes
causec1374
authora1382
workerc1384
causerc1386
begetterc1390
causac1420
workera1425
upraiserc1440
inspirerc1450
procurer1451
occasioner?c1452
procurator1486
purchaser1548
authorera1556
wielder1570
agent1571
effector1586
effecter1591
authoress1592
effectress1601
effectrix1611
performer1616
inducera1631
causeress1631
causatrix1649
father-in-law1650
pregnatress1651
matter1686
energizer1804
establisher1812
bringer1866
1591 G. Babington Serm. preached at Court at Greenwich 36 The onely giuer, worker, and effecter of his health.
1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1668) i. xiii. 66 Baits and inticements..are effecters of our desires in this pastime.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 151 They blame the Air as the effecter of all corruptions whatsoever.
1863 Vance in Sat. Rev. 415 Had the translation of Saintré to be entered on afresh, it is not..certain that I had been the effecter of the same.
1994 Frederick (Maryland) Post 17 Sept. a6/1 Words can be powerful effecters of change, as recognized by our forefathers in their canonization of the right to free speech in the First Amendment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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