say it: i-FEK-tid
effected is an adjective meaning "settled securely and unconditionally". It carries one recorded sense.
settled securely and unconditionally
“that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for effected come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.