Effecter
(Ef*fect"er) n. One who effects.
Effectible
(Ef*fect"i*ble) a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.
Effection
(Ef*fec"tion) n. [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.] Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Effective
(Ef*fect"ive) a. [L. effectivus: cf. F. effectif.] 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.
They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them.
Bacon.
Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal.
Jer. Taylor. Syn. — Efficient; forcible; active; powerful; energetic; competent. See Effectual.
Effective
(Ef*fect"ive), n.
1. That which produces a given effect; a cause. Jer. Taylor.
2. One who is capable of active service.
He assembled his army — 20,000 effectives — at Corinth.
W. P. Johnston. 3. [F. effectif real, effective, real amount.] (Com.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; —
a term used in many parts of Europe. Simmonds.
Effectively
(Ef*fect"ive*ly), adv. With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.
Effectiveness
(Ef*fect"ive*ness), n. The quality of being effective.
Effectless
(Ef*fect"less) a. Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. — Ef*fect"less*ly,
adv.
Effector
(Ef*fect"or) n. [L.] An effecter. Derham.
Effectual
(Ef*fec"tu*al) a. [See Effect, n.] Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce,
an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. Shak.
Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion.
Macaulay. Effectual calling (Theol.),
a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of
sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, — one of the five points of Calvinism. See Calvinism.
Syn. — Effectual, Efficacious, Effective. An efficacious remedy is had recourse to, and proves effective
if it does decided good, effectual if it does all the good desired. C. J. Smith.
Effectually
(Ef*fec"tu*al*ly), adv.
1. With effect; efficaciously.
2. Actually; in effect. [Obs.] Fuller.
Effectualness
(Ef*fec"tu*al*ness), n. The quality of being effectual.