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[Eng. effect; -able.] That may or can be effected; practicable, po ible, feasible. "That a pot full of ashes will still contain as much water as it would without them, is not effectible upon the strictest experiment." -Browne: Vulgar Errors. ef-fect'-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [EFFECT, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of causing, producing, or achieving. *ef-fection, s . [Lat. effectio , from effect us , pa. par. of efficio =to effect.] 1. Ord. Lang.: The act of effecting, producing, or bringing to pa ; production, execution, comple tion. IMG:content-0779.png:[blocks in formation] "The use of these rules is not at all effective upon erring 3. Efficient; causing to be or come to pa . consciences." -Taylor: Rule of Conscience, bk. i., ch. "Whosoever is an effective real cause of doing his neigh. bor wrong is criminal, by what instrument soever he does it."- Taylor . 4. Having the power of acting or operating; efficient; capable of or fit for duty or service. 5. Producing or followed by results; powerful; as, His speech was very effective . B. As substantive : 1. Comm.: The same as EFFECTIVE MONEY (q. v.). 2. Mil.: A soldier fit for duty; an efficient. Crabb thus discriminates between effective, efficient, effectual , and efficacious : " Effective signifies effecting; efficient signifies literally effecting ; effectual and efficacious signify having the effect , or po e ing the power to effect . The former two are used only in reference to physical objects, the latter two in regard to moral objects. An army or a military force is effective : a cause is efficient : the remedy or cure is effectual : the medicine is efsica cio us. The end or result is effectual , the means are efficacious. No effectual stop can be put to vices of the lower orders while they have a vicious example from their superiors: a seasonable exercise of sever ity on an offender is often very efficacious in quelling a spirit of insubordination. When a thing is 1598 not found effectual , it is requisite to have recourse to further measures; that which has been proved to be inefficacious should never be adopted." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) effective money, s. Comm.: A term used on the Continent of Europe to expre coin as distinguished from paper-money. ef-fect-Ive-ly, adv . [Eng.effective; -ly.] In an effective manner; with effect; effectually, powerfully, completely. "This effectively resists the devil, and suffers us to receive no hurt from him."- Taylor : Holy Living . ef-fect-Ive-ne , s. [Eng. effective; -ne .] The quality of being effective or effectual. ef-fect-le , *ef-fect-le e, a. [English effect; le . Without effect or result; usele , vain, im potent. "I'll chop off my hands; In bootle prayer have they been held up, And they have served me to effectle use. Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iii. 1. ef-fect-õr, s. [Latin, from effect us , pa. par. of efficio .] One who produces any effect; a maker, a creator, a cause. "We commemorate the creation, and pay worship to that infinite Being who was the effector of it."-Derham. ef-fec-tu-al, a. [Lat. effect ( us )=an effect, and Eng. adj. suff. -al .] 1. Productive of effects; having the power to produce an effect or result; effective, efficacious. "And all the hills were glad to bear Their part in this effectual prayer." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, vii. 2. Carrying out, performing, or achieving results. "Son of my bosom, Son who art alone My word, my wisdom, and effectual might." Milton: P. L., iii. 169, 170. IMG:content-0780.png:[blocks in formation] "Reprove my allegation, if you can; Or else conclude my words effectual." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . II . , ii. 1. For the difference between effectual and effect ive , see EFFECTIVE. effectual calling, s. Theol.: One of the chief tenets of Calvin ism. For definition see extract. "Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely freely offered to us in the Gospel."-Shorter Catechism, effeminately ef-feir, s. [AFFERE.] 1. What is becoming one's rank or station. "To thair estait doand effeir." Maitland: Poems, p. 328. 2. A property, a quality. "Discryving all thair fa iouns and effeirs." Dunbar: Bannatyne Poems, p. 5. 3. Warlike guise. "Arrayed in effeir of war, as was the ancient custom of Scotland on these occasions."- Scott : Waverley, ch. lxx. ef-feir (1), *ef-fere (1), v . t. & i. [EFFEIR, 8.] A. Trans.: To become, to fit, to suit. "He cheist a flane as did effeir him." B. Intransitive: Christ's Kirk , st. viii. 1. To be becoming, fit, or suitable. "Swaall his fulsome from thereto effeirs."-Polwart: Watson's Collection , iii. 24. 2. To be proportional. said annual rent or burden." -Spalding, i. 205. "The said sum effeiring to the rate and quantity of the