Effective

a. [Lat. effectivus, Fr. effectif, Pr. effectiu, Pg. effectivo, Sp. efectivo, It. effettivo.] Having the power or quality of producing effects; suited or tending to produce effects; in a condition to act efficiently; causing to be; productive of results; effecting; efficient; efficacious; operative.

Time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by it. Browne.

Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his neighbor wrong, is criminal. Bp. Taylor.

Synonyms—Efficient; efficacious; effectual; operative; forcible; active; powerful; energetic.

n. [Fr.] (Com.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper money; — a term used in many parts of Europe. Thus a draft is directed to be paid in effective, to guard against depreciated paper currency. Simmonds.