"effection" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: effections [plural]
Etymology: Latin effectio: compare French effection. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|effectio}} Latin effectio, {{cog|fr|effection}} French effection Head templates: {{en-noun}} effection (plural effections)
  1. Creation; a doing.

Inflected forms

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