effection 
1848 
effeminately 
effection (e-fek'shon), ,, . [= F. , f ao , < L. ^^^^^S^^^S^S^ JSSXJS? **** *! 
effectio(n-}, a doing, effecting, < efficere, pp. ef- 
feetus, effect: see effect, .] 1. The act of ef- 
fecting; creation; production. 
tively and actually. 
Tyndale, Works, j>. 335. e ffectuouslyt (e-fek'tu-us-li), atlv. EffectuaUy; 
, Master L[atimer], that I could do any- 
might effectuously utter my poor heart 
,7. Careless, in Bradford's Works (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 406. 
But going further into particulars, [Plato] falls into con- 
jectures, attributing the effection of the soul unto the . 
Great God, but the fabrication of the body to the Dii ex 2. Actually; in fact. [A GalllClsm.J _ 
Dio, or Angels. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 290. effectiveness (e-fek'tiv-nes), n. The quality ffeir (e . fgr /) _ (- [ge., also written ejere, 
2. In fleoro., the construction of a proposition. o f being effective. =Syn. Effectiveness, Efficiency, Ef- ffi ~ < op a ff erer a ferer (= Pr. afferir ; 
[Rare in both uses.] -Geometrical effection, a ^^^^ a Jf f ^^^ m e ^^^ L ML. reflex affirere),te suitable, convenient, < 
geometrical problem deducible from some general propo- ^^^ ^^^^f^^^^i^,, L . affem adferre, bring to, assist, be useful 
T* . ft A * - c **- l.~n . ff . T T_ &__.*_ 1 i_ 1_ IJ "U1 rt. 
is less often used, on s 
(e-fekf 
sition. 
' 
SS&rS^SSyWBTrff -Weffectorresult; useless; vain. 
In A'cois tow, to be suitable, 
In form as effeirs, means such form as in law belongs to 
Bell. 
^Eirrrrr:: *sste ra - *rafc3*ss3s 
to be open on the Sabbath, the prohibition does not ap- 
pear to have been effective during the reign of Elizabeth. 
W hippie, Ess. and Rev., II. 16. 
A Chappell dedicated to the Virgin Mary, 
an effectresse of miracles. 
rep 
Sandys, Travailes, p. 7. 
ate(1 or is becoming to one's rank or station. 
Quhy sould they not have honest weidis [proper clothes] 
To thair estait doand effeir? Maitland, Poems, p. 328. 
2. Capable of producing effect; fit for action J =ltr7ffeftuale, "< ~ML """effectualis Tin" adv. e/- 2. Property; quality; state; condition, 
or duty ; adapted for a desired end : as, the fectualiter), < L. effectus (effectu-). an effect : 
effective force of an army or of a steam-engine gee effect, n.~\ 1. Producing an effect, or the 
ia cr rmifh f.i?f>r.tivf> p.fl.imcitv. Affpn.t, Hpsirpd nr intended: also, looselv. hav- 
is so much ; effective capacity. 
effect desired or intended ; also, loosely, hav- 
Than callit scho all flouris that grew on feild, 
Discryving all thair fassioun's and effeirs. 
Dunbar, Bannatyne Poems, p. 5. 
Effeir of war. warlike guise. 
3. Serving to impress or affect with admira- 
tion ; producing a decided impression of beau- much, 
ty or a feeling of admiration at the first pres- gj. True ; veracious, 
entation; impressive; striking; specifically, 
artistically strong or successful : as, an effective 
performance ; an effective picture. 
Nothing can be more effective than the ancient gold 
which . . . covers the walls of ... St. Sophia of Kieff, 
the largest of the ancient Russian cathedrals. 
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth 
Jas. v. 16. 
Reprove my allegation, if you can ; 
Or else conclude my words effectual. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 
Effectual adjudication, calling, demand, etc. See the 
nouns. =Syn. 1. Efficacious, Effectual, etc. (see effective) ; 
efficient, successful, complete, thorough. 
He tells me, speaking of the horrid effeminacy of the 
King, that the King hath taken ten times more care and 
pains in making friends between my Lady Castlemaine 
and Mrs. Stewart, when they have fallen out, than ever 
he did to save his kingdom. Pepys, Diary, III. 168. 
The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even 
to effeminacy. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
Bacchus nurtured by a girl, and with the soft, delicate 
A. J. C. Hare, Russia, ix. 
The church of Sebenico is, both'inside and out, not only tual manner; with' complete effect; SO as to 
a most remarkable, but a thoroughly effective building. produce or secure the end desired ; thoroughly : 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 93. ag> t ne c jty j s effectually guarded. 
4. Actual; real. [A Gallicism.] 
emcient successm, comp.eie u.orougn limte o a woman, was the type of a disgraceful effemi- 
effectually (e-fek tu-al-i), adv. l.Inaneffec : .Lecky, Rationalism, I. 243. 
The Chinese, whose effective religion, practised at much mind more effectually then any other Arte dooth. 
j _ *!_ ..* (,.**.. ; . i* !, Kir I . HMZfUtf. ATXH. lor 
Lecky, nationalism, I. 243. 
But foul effeminacy held me yoked 
Her bond slave. Milton, S. A., 1. 410. 
effeminatet (e-fem'i-nat), v. ; pret. and pp. ef- 
The Poet with that same hand of delight, dothdrawthe feminated, ppr. effeminating. [< L. effeminatus, 
iiul morR effectually then anv other Arte dooth. " p _n._ _?_ f\-r*. _jv_ ..* -wr~ 
cost and with great apparent sincerity, is now, as it has 
been from the earliest times, ancestor-worship. 
Quarterly Rev., CLXII. 191. 
Effective component of a force. See component. Ef- 
fective force. See/oreei. Effective money, coin, in 2 Actually ; in fact. [A Gallicism.] 
contradistinction to depreciable paper money. Effec- 
>p. of effeminare (> It. effemminare, effeminare = 
Sp. efeminar (obs.) = Pg. effeminar = Pr. efemi- 
... .,.^...,,. ...= . B --,. nar = F. effeminer), make womanish, < ex, out, 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xxvi. + femina, a woman : see feminine.} I. trans. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. lor Poetrie. 
I could see it [the story] visibly operate upon his coun- 
tenance, and effectually interrupt his harangue. 
mniwmUBIrlllUUVll LU t.icuici;iauic imi-"-.i u*uuvj< .LIHI-VS .i.ir_ r_ 1.1 i. i i v. A A '+! +1, t 
live scale of intercalations, iii math., the series of Although his charter can not be produced with the lor- 
^:, _?-!:.-<:,._**.. -177 ! A * malities used at. his creation. . . . vet that he was etlec- 
To make womanish ; unman ; weaken. 
More resolute courages, then the Persians or Indians, 
effeminated with wealth & peace, could afford. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 399. 
And thou dost nourish him a lock of hair behind like a 
girle, effeminating thy son even from the very cradle. 
Evelyn, Golden Book of Chrysostome. 
Thou art as hard to shake off as that flattering effemi- 
nating Mischief, Love. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, iii. 1. 
II. intrans. To grow womanish or weak ; melt 
into weakness. 
effective men ; the bombardment was not very effective; effectueren = G. Sffectuiren = Dan. effektuere = n J m ^ pt peaCe ' tath ^^ ^ ff emi te ' and 
effective revenue. Effective is most clearly separated from gvr . effektuera), give effect to, < L. effectus (cf- Bacon, True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates (ed. 1887). 
fectu-), ( " 
=Syn. Effective, Efficient, Efficacious, Effectual, are not f i,_:__ pffppt,,,,! , f ff,rtiv 
altogethefthesameinmeanirig;allimplyanobjectaimed ' '^ m ? ett . ectu ?; 1 - = S 7S' ^e effectiveness. 
at, and generally a specific object. Effective and efficient effectuate (e-tek tu-at), V. t. ; pret. ana pp. 
are used chiefly where the object is physical. Effective is effectuated, ppr. effectuating. [< ML. *effectua- 
applied to that which has the power to produce an effect ft/g pp . o f * e ffectuare (> It. effettuare = Sp. 
or some effect, or which actually produces or helps to pro- /',.. _ -pit pifertiinr F effrrhifr > T) 
duce some effect: as, the army numbered ten thousand cjectuar = fg. effectuar . . X. effecTver ) u. 
the others when representing the power to do, even when 
that power is not actually in use. Efficient seems the 
mat power is IIOL acLuauv 111 use. j^tfictefti seems LIIC T i, v ir 4. 
most active of these words : a person is very efficient when accomplish ; achieve ; effect. 
C^A t>-ffept 1 TA hriTitr tn nnss M. ' / -\ r -ci 
. see effect, n.\ lo bring to pass, e ff emlna te (e-fem'i-nat), a. [= V.e 
very helpful in producing desired results ; an efficient cause 
is one that actually produces a result. Effective and effi- 
cient may freely be applied to persons; the others less of- 
ten. Efficacious is essentially only a stronger word for 
efficient : as, an efficacious remedy ; efficient would not be 
appropriate with remedy, as implying too much of self- 
directed activity in the remedy. Effectual, with reference 
to a result, implies that it is decisive or complete ; an effec- 
tual stop or cure finishes the business, rendering further 
work unnecessary. 
He found him a most fit instrument t 
sire. 
Where such an unexpected face appears 
Of an amazed court, that gazing sat 
With a dumb silence (seeming that it fears 
The thing it went about t' effectuate). 
Daniel, Civil Wars, vii. 
In political history it frequently occurs that the man 
who accidentally has effectuated the purpose of a party 
is immediately invested by them with all their favourite 
virtues. /. D'Israeli, Curios, of Lit., III. 123. 
The rarity of the visits of efficient bees to this exotic effectuation (e-fek-t.ij-a'shon), n. [= Pg. ef- 
plant[Pi8umSoi)um]is, I believe, the chief cause of the fectuaqao = It. effettuagione ; as effectuate 
Pg. effeminado = It. effemminato, effeminate, < 
rament to effectuate his de- L. effeminatus, pp.: see the verb.] 1. Having 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, n. the qua i ities of the female sex ; soft or delicate 
to an unmanly degree ; womanish : applied to 
Precision is the most effective test of affected style as 
distinct from genuine style. A. Phelps, Eng. Style, p. 115. 
, 
varieties so seldom intercrossing. 
Darwin, Cross and Self Fertilisation, p. 161. or producing a result. 
-ion.'] The act of effectuating, bringing to pass, 
That spirit, that first rush'd on thee 
In the camp of Dan, 
Be efficacious in thee now at need ! 
Milton, S. A., I. 1437. 
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual ways 
of preserving peace. 
Washington, Address to Congress, Jan. 8, 1790. 
II. n. Milit. : (a) The number of men actu- 
men. 
The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, be- 
came effeminate and less sensible of honour. Bacon. 
A woman impudent and mannish grown 
Is not more loath'd than an effeminate man. 
Shak., T. and C., iii. 3. 
I have heard sometimes men of reputed ability join in 
with that effeminate plaintive tone of invective against crit- 
icks. Shaftesbury, Misc., III. i. 
Be manly then, though mild, for, sure as fate, 
Thou art, my Stephen, too effeminate. 
Crabbe, Works, V. 240. 
The ghostly or spiritual effectuation of natural occur- o fivioi.o/.tai.io<l Vi^ t\r vaaiilHno fvnm pffpmi- 
:nces has ever been and is still the mode of interpreta- <* Characterized Dy or resulting irom em 
rences has ever been and is still the mode of interpreta- 
tion most readily seized upon by primitive thinking. 
Mind, IX. 368. 
First of all, we must note the distinction of immanent 
action and transitive action ; the former is what we call 
action simply, and implies only a single thing, the agent ; 
the latter, which we might with advantage call effectua- 
. 
nacy: as, an effeminate peace ; a,n effeminate life. 
Soldiers 
Should not affect, methinks, strains so effeminate. 
Ford, Broken Heart, iii. 2. 
3t. Womanlike; tender. 
As well we know your tenderness of heart, 
And gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. 
ally doing duty, or the strength of a company, " nt implies two things ' j ' ?" lff*vc Brit ' XX s^ Ana genue, K ma, WCT W , re u, u ,. 
aregiment,oranarmy, in the fieldoron parade. ** , ,. . ^ Ward ' ^ c ' Brlt ;'^ x _ 82 ' Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. 
By the last law which passed the Reichstag with such ettCCtUOSet ( e - tel f -s)> l< L - & s J e ff"C- =STa Woman i gh , etc. (aee/miin), weak, unmanly, 
difficulty the peace-effective was increased by about 42,000 WW : see effectuous] Same as effectuous. effeminately (e-fern'i-iiat-li), adv. In an effem- 
Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLIII. 17. effectuOUSt (e-fek'tu-us), a. [< OF. effectueux, inate manner; womanishly; weakly. 
(6) A soldier fit for duty. 
Nevertheless he assembled his army, 20,000 effectives. 
< L. as if *effectuosus, < effectus (effectu-), effect : 
see effect, .] Having effect or force ; forcible; 
I ill 111 V, iU,UVAJ KIIKUllVKS, .^j .' / ,. v TiT 
The Century, xxix. 618. efficacious; effective. B. Jonson. 
effectively (e-fek' tiv-li), adv. 1 . With effect ; or ' he Contempt of the Gospell, shall the wrath of God 
nnwpi-fiili I v with rpal nTifiratinn ..nmnlptplv 8uffer the Turke and tne Pone with stro "8 delusions and 
Ully , Wltn real operation , completely , e j/ ectuome errors to destroye many soulis and bodys. 
thoroughly. j mje , Expos, of Daniel, xii. 
With golden pendants in his ears. 
Aloft the silken reins he bears, 
Proud, and effeminately gay. 
Fawkes, tr. of Anacreon's Odes, Ixix. 
Effeminately vauquish'd : by which means, 
Now blind, dishearten'd, shamed, dishonour'd, quell'd, 
To what can I be useful? UUton, S. A., 1. 562. 
