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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ef-féc'tive, a. p. 429Having 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…Ef-fec'tive, n. p. 429(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.…Ef-fēct'ive-ly, adv. p. 430With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.Ef-fec'tive-ness, n. p. 430The quality of being effective.Ef-féct'less, a. p. 430Without effect; without advantage; useless. Shak.Ef-fēct'or, n. p. 430One who effects; one who produces or causes; a maker or creator.Ef-fec'tu-al, a. p. 430Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient. “Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion.” Macaulay. 2. Expressive of facts; veracious.…Ef-fēct′u-al-ly, adv. p. 430With effect; efficaciously; in a manner to produce the intended effect; thoroughly.Ef-féct'/ū-al-ness, n. p. 430The quality of being effectual.Ef-fēct'ū-āte, v. t. p. 430To bring to pass; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill. “A fit instrument to effectuate his desire.” Sidney.Ef-fĕct′ū-ā′tion, n. p. 430Act of effectuating.Ef-fēct'u-ōse' or Ef-fēct'u-oûs, a. p. 430Effective. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Ef-fēm'i-na-cy, n. p. 430The possession by men of those qualities of softness, delicacy, and weakness, which are characteristic of the female sex; unmanly delicacy; womanish softness or weakness. “Foul effeminacy.” Milton.Ef-fēm'i-nate, a. p. 430Having the qualities of the female sex; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; unmanly in tastes or desires; tender; womanish. The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate…Ef-fēm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 430To make womanish; to unman; to weaken. “When one is sure it will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.” Locke.Ef-fĕm'i-nāte, v. i. p. 430To grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace courage will effeminate. Pope.Ef-fĕm’i-nate-ly, adv. p. 430In a womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. “Proud and effeminately gay.” Fawkes. 2. By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. “Effeminately vanquished.” Milton.Ef-fēm'i-nate-ness, n. p. 430The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.Ef-fēm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 430The state of one grown womanish; the state of being weak or unmanly. [Obs.] Bacon.Ef-fēn'dē, n. p. 430Master; sir; — a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially, one learned in the law. [Turkey.]Ef'fer-ent, a. p. 430Conveying outward, or discharging; as, the efferent ducts of the body. Dunglison.Ĕf'fer-oûs, a. p. 430Like a wild beast; fierce; savage. [Obs.]Ef'fer-vèsçe', v. i. p. 430To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form. 2. To exhibit feelings that can not be repressed or…Ef'fer-vēs'çence or Ef'fer-vēs'çen-çy, n. p. 430A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of wine…Ef'fer-vēs'çent, a. p. 430Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas.Ef'fer-vĕs'çi-ble, a. p. 430Having the quality of effervescing; capable of producing effervescence. “A small quantity of effervescible matter.” Kirwan.Ef-fēte', a. p. 430No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, of worn-out, exhausted energy; having become incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren. “Effete…Ef/fi-cā'cious, a. p. 430Productive of effects; producing the effect intended; having power adequate to the purpose intended or promised; effectual; powerful; as, an efficacious remedy for disease.Ef/fi-cā'ciōus-ly, adv. p. 430In such a manner as to produce the effect desired; effectually.Ef-fi-cā'ciōus-ness, n. p. 430The quality of being efficacious; efficacy.Ef'fi-ca-cy, n. p. 430Power to produce effects; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. “Of noxious efficacy.” Milton. Syn.—Virtue; force; energy.Ef-fi'cien-ce or Ef-fi'cien-cy, n. p. 430The quality of being efficient or producing effects; a causing to be or exist; effectual agency. The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker. 2. Power of producing the effect…Ef-fi'cient, a. p. 430Causing effects; producing results; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity. “The efficient cause is the working cause.” Wilson.…Ef-fi'cient, n. p. 430The agent or cause which produces, or causes to exist; a prime mover. God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only. Hooker.Ef-fi'cient-ly, adv. p. 430With effect; effectively.Ef-fierce', v. t. p. 430To make fierce or furious. [Obs.] Spencer.Ef-fig'i-al, a. p. 430Forming a resemblance; displaying in effigy. [Rare.]Ef-fĭg'ĭ-āte, v. t. p. 430To form a like figure to; to make a true resemblance of; to image; hence, to adopt the appearance of; to adapt. Effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances. Bp. Taylor.Ef-fĭg'ĭ-ā'tion, n. p. 430The act of forming in resemblance. Bailey.Ef-fĭg'i-ēs, n. p. 430The same as EFFIGY. Dryden.Ĕf'fi-gy, n. p. 430The image, likeness, or representation of any person or thing, whether a full figure, or a picture of the whole or a part; a likeness in sculpture, painting, bass-relief, or drawing; an imitative…Ef-flāg’ĭ-tāte, v. t. p. 430To demand earnestly. [Obs.] Cockeram.Ef-flāte’, v. t. p. 430To fill with breath or air; to puff up. [Obs.] Wood.Ef-flā’tion, n. p. 430The act of filling with wind, or puffing out; the act of belching; also, a puff as of wind. “A soft efflation of celestial fire.” Parnell.Ef'flo-rēsce', v. i. p. 430(Chem.) To change over the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others…Ĕf'flo-rĕs'çençe or Ĕf'flo-rĕs'çen-çy, n. p. 430(Bot.) The time of flowering; the season when a plant shows its first blossoms. 2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, small-pox, scarlatina, &c. 3. (Chem.) (a.) The…Ĕf'flo-rĕs'çent, a. p. 430Liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt. 2. Covered with an efflorescence.Ef'flu-ence, n. p. 430Ef'flu-en-cy p. 430A flowing out, or emanation. 2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; effluvium; issue; efflux. Bright effluence of bright essence increase. Milton.Ef'flu-ent, a. p. 430Flowing out. “Effluent beams.” Parnell.Ef'flu-ent, n. p. 430(Geog.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake. Ogilvie.Ef-flū'vi-a-ble, a. p. 430Capable of being given off as an effluvium. [Rare.] “Effluviable matter.” Boyle.Ef-flū'vi-al, a. p. 430Belonging to effluvia.Ef-flūʹvi-āte, v. i. p. 430To give forth effluvium. [Rare.] “An effluviating power.” Boyle.Ef-flū’vi-ăm, n. p. 430Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies.Ef'flux, n. p. 430The act or state of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; flow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer. It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. I. Taylor. 2. That…Ef-flŭx′, v. i. p. 430To run, flow forth, or issue as an efflux; to pass away. [Obs.] Boyle.Ef-flūx'ion, n. p. 430The act of flowing out; effusion. 2. That which flows out; effluvium; emanation. “Some light effluxions from spirit to spirit.” Bacon.Ef-fō'di-ent, a. p. 430Accustomed to dig.Ef-förçe′, v. t. p. 430To force; to strain; to struggle against; to exert with effort. [Obs.] “An efforced voice.” Spenser.