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>—Operative ; aCtive ; having the quality of producing 
effects.—Nor do they fpeak properly who fay that time 
confumeth all things; for time is not effeElive, nor are bo¬ 
dies dellroyed by it, Brown —Producing effeCts; efficient. 
•—Whofoever is an effeElive real caufe of doing his neigh¬ 
bour wrong is criminal, by what inftrument foever he 
does it. Taylor. —Having the power of operation ; ufeful: 
as, effective men in an army. 
EFFECTIVELY, adv. Powerfully; with real ope¬ 
ration.—This cfifeElivdy refills the devil, and buffers us to 
receive no hurt from him. Taylor. 
EFFECT'LESS, adj. Without effect; impotent; ufe- 
lefs; unmeaning : 
I’ll chop off my hands; 
In bootlefs prayer have they been held up, 
And they have ferv’d me to effeEllcfs ufe. Shakefpeare . 
EFFECT'OR, f [Lat.] He that produces any effeCt; 
performer. Maker; Creator.—We commemorate the 
creation, and pay worfliip to that infinite Being who was 
the effeElor of it. Derham. 
EFFEC'TRIX,/! A woman that effects. Scott. 
EFFEC'TUAL, adj. fJfeElucl, Fr.] Productive of ef¬ 
fects ; powerful to a degree ; adequate to the occafion ; 
operative ; efficacious.—The communication of thy faith 
may become cjfeElual, by the acknowledging of every good 
thing. Philem. 6 . —Veracious; expreffive of faCts. Afenfe 
not in ufe: 
Reprove my allegation, if you can ; 
Or elfe conclude my words effectual. Shakefpeare. 
EFFEC'TU ALNESS, /. The quality of being efffic- 
fual. Scott. 
EFFEC'TUALLY, adv. In a manner productive of 
the confequence intended ; efficacioufly.—Sometimes the 
fight of the altar, and decent preparations for devotion, 
may compofe and recover the wandering mind more effec¬ 
tually than a fermon. South. 
To EFFEC'TU ATE, v. a. [ efeduer , Fr.] To bring to 
pafs; to fulfil.—He found means to acquaint himfelf with 
a nobleman, to whom difcovering what he was, he found 
him a fit inftrument to effeEtuate his defire. Sidney. 
EFFE'MINACY, f. Admiftion of the qualities of a 
woman; foftnefs; unmanly delicacy ; mean fubmiffion : 
But foul effeminacy held me yok’d 
Her bond Have : O indignity, O blot 
To honour and religion! - Milton. 
Lafcivioufnefs ; loofe pleafure.—So long as idlenefs is 
quite fhut out from our lives, all the fins of wantonnefs, 
foftnefs, and effeminacy , are prevented. 
EFFE'MINATE, adj. \_ffnninatus, Lat.] Having the 
qualities of a woman ; womanifti ; foft to an unmanly de¬ 
gree ; voluptuous; tender; luxurious: ofperfons.—The 
king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became 
effeminate, and lefs lenfible of honour. Bacon. —Refembling 
the pradice of a woman ; womanifti : of things : 
After the (laughter of fo many peers, 
Shall we at Lift conclude effeminate peace ? Shakefpeare. 
Womanlike ; foft without reproach. Afenfe not in ufe: 
As well we know your tendernefs of heart, 
And gentle, kind, effeminate , remorfe. Shakefpeare. 
To EFFE'MINATE, v. a. [ ejfmino, Lat.] To make 
womanifti; to weaken; to etnafculate; to unman.—When 
one is fure it will not corrupt or effeminate children’s minds, 
and make them fond of trifles, I think all things ftiould be 
contrived to their fatisfaCtion. Locke. 
To EFFE'MINATE. v. n. To grow womanifti; to 
foften ; to melt into weaknefs.—In a flothful peace both 
courage will efaninate and manners corrupt. Pope. 
EFFE'MINATELY, adv. In an effeminate manner. 
By means of a woman : 
What boots it at one gate to make defenfe, 
And at another to let in the foe, 
Effeminately vanquiftied > Milton , 
Vol. VI. No. 349. 
EFFEMINA'TION, f. The date of one grown wo¬ 
manifti ; the date of one emafculated or unmanned.— 
Vices the hare figured; not only feneration, or ufurv, 
from its fecundity and fuperfetation, but degenerate efife- 
mination. Bacon. 
EFFEN'Dl,/! intheTurkifti language, fignifies wafer: 
and accordingly it is a title very extenfively applied ; as, 
to the mufti and emirs, to the priefts of mofques, to men 
of learning, and of the law. The grand chancellor of the 
empire is called reis-ffendi. 
EFFER A'TION,/. [from the 'L&t.fera, a wild beaft.] 
The aCI of making wild. Not ufed. 
To EFFERVE'SCE, v.n. \_ffervefco, Lat.] To gene¬ 
rate heat by inteftine motion.—The compound fpirit of 
nitre, put to oil of cloves, will effervfce even to a flame. 
Mead. 
EFFERVES'CENCE, f. [from efferveo, Lat.] The 
aft of growing hot ; production of heat by inteftine 
motion. 
In chemiftry this term is appropriated to the commotion 
and increafe of volume produced in fluids by fome part of 
the mafs fuddenly taking the elaftic form, and efcaping 
in numerous bubbles. Thus, when an acid is poured on 
chalk, the fixed air is difengaged in the elaftic ftate with 
bubbles, vapour, and an hilling noife. Effervefcences 
are more or lefs violent, according to circumftances, and 
are ufually attended with a change of the temperature. 
If the capacity of the mixture or new combination for 
heat be diminiflied by the change the bodies have under¬ 
gone, in a greater degree than that of the elaftic fluid is 
enlarged, the temperature will be increafed : but if, on 
the contrary, the mixture retains its original, or acquire 
an increafed capacity, the elaftic fluid will cary off fo 
much of the heat as to produce a greater or lefs degree 
of cold in the remainder. Chemiftry affords many in- 
fiances of both effeCts taking place. 
EF'FERDING, a town of Germany, in the archduchy 
of Auftria : ten miles weft of Lintz, and 100 weft of Vi¬ 
enna. Lat. 48.14. N. Ion. 31.40. E. Ferro. 
EFFE'TE, adj. \_effcetus, Lat.] Barren; difabled from 
generation. It is probable that females have in them the 
feeds of all the young they will afterwards bring forth, 
which, all fpent and exhaufted, the animal becomes bar¬ 
ren and effete. Ray. —Worn out with age.—All that can 
be allowed him now, is to refrefh his decrepit effete fen- 
fuality, with the hiftory of his former life. South. 
EFFICA'CIOUS, adj. [ efficax , Lat.] Productive of 
effects; powerful to produce the confequence intended ; 
A glowing drop with hollow’d fteel 
He takes, and, by one efficacious breath, 
Dilates to cube or fquare. Philips. 
EFFIC A'CIOUSLY, adv. Effectually; in fuch a man¬ 
ner as to produce the confequence defired. — If we find 
that any other body (trikes efficacioufy enough upon it, we 
cannot doubt but it will move that way in which the 
ftriking body impels it. Digby. 
EFFICA'CIOUSNESS, f. The quality of being effi¬ 
cacious. 
EFITCA'CITY,/. Efficacy. Not much ufed. 
F.F'FIC ACY,f. [from efficax, Lat.] Power to produce 
effects ; production of the confequence intended.— Efficacy 
is a power of fpeech which reprefents a thing, by pre- 
fenting to our minds the lively ideas or forms. Pcacham. 
•—The apoftle tells 11s of the fuccefs and efficacy of the 
gofpel upon the minds of men ; and, for this reafon, he 
calls it the power of God unto falvation. Tillotfon. 
EFFI'CIENCE, or Efficiency,/! [from efiicio, Lat.] 
The act of producing effects; agency.—A pious will is 
the means to enlighten the underftanding in the truth of 
Chriftianity, upon the account of a natural efficiency-, a 
will fo difpofed, will engage the mind in a levere fearcli 
after truth. South. 
EFFI'CIENT,/! [c/:ab,Lat.] The caufe which makes 
effects to be what they are. See Cause and Effect, 
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