EFFECTIVE

effective. Effective, a. able to produce, useful, serviceable

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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.