Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Effect

Ef‐fect″ (?), n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See Fact.] 1. Execution; performance; realizat...

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Effect (2)

Ef‐fect″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Effected; p. pr. & vb. n.Effecting.] 1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.So great a body such exploits to effect. Daniel.2. To br...

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Effecter

Ef‐fect″er (?), n. One who effects.

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Effectible

Ef‐fect″i‐ble (?), a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.

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Effection

Ef‐fec″tion (?), n. [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.] Creation; a doing. Sir M. Hale.

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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...

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Effective (2)

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....

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Effective (3)

Ef‐fect″ive, n. The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France's effective.

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Effectively

Ef‐fect″ive‐ly, adv. With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.

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Effectiveness

Ef‐fect″ive‐ness, n. The quality of being effective.

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Effectless

Ef‐fect″less (?), a. Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. — Ef‐fect″less‐ly, adv.

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Effector

Ef‐fect″or (?), n. An effecter. Derham.

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Effectual

Ef‐fec″tu‐al (?; 135), a. [See Effect, n.] Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. Shak.Effectual ...

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Effectually

Ef‐fec″tu‐al‐ly, adv. 1. With effect; efficaciously.2. Actually; in effect. Fuller.

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Effectualness

Ef‐fec″tu‐al‐ness, n. The quality of being effectual.

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Effectuate

Ef‐fec″tu‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Effectuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Effectuating.] [Cf. F. effectuer. See Effect, n. & v. t.] To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accom...

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Effectuation

Ef‐fec′tu‐a″tion (?), n. Act of effectuating.

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Effectuose

{ Ef‐fec″tu‐ose′ (?), Ef‐fec″tu‐ous (?), } a. Effective. B. Jonson.

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Effectuously

Ef‐fec″tu‐ous‐ly, adv. Effectively.

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Effeminacy

Ef‐fem″i‐na‐cy (?), n.; pl.Effeminacies (#). [From Effeminate.] Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a ...

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Effeminate

Ef‐fem″i‐nate (?), a. [L. effeminatus, p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See Feminine, a.] 1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, ...

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Effeminate (2)

Ef‐fem″i‐nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Effeminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Effeminating (?).] To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.It will not corrupt or effeminate...

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Effeminate (3)

Ef‐fem″i‐nate, v. i. To grow womanish or weak.In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.

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Effeminately

Ef‐fem″i‐nate‐ly (?), adv. 1. In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. “Proud and effeminately gay.” Fawkes.2. By means of a woman; by the power or art o...

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Effeminateness

Ef‐fem″i‐nate‐ness, n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.

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Effemination

Ef‐fem′i‐na″tion (?), n. [L. effeminatio.] Effeminacy; womanishness. Bacon.

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Effeminize

Ef‐fem″i‐nize (?), v. t. To make effeminate.