Effective /(?)/
Ef·fect·ive
Effective
a.
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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.
- That which produces a given effect; a cause.
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One who is capable of active service.
He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth.
- Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe. (Com.)
- The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France's effective.