Effective /(?)/

Ef·fect·ive

Effective

a.
  1. 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.
    Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal.

Effective

n.
  1. That which produces a given effect; a cause.
  2. One who is capable of active service.
    He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth.
    — W. P. Johnston.
  3. Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe. (Com.)
  4. The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France's effective.