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effectuous

/ɪˈfɛktjuəs/

effectuous adjective: effective; efficacious.

Adjective

effectuous (comparative more effectuous, superlative most effectuous)

  1. (obsolete) Effective; efficacious.
    • As if that piece were ſweeter which the wolf had bitten, or the raven had pick'd, and more effectuous :1633 (first performance), Ben Jonson, “A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett...
    • and that the said church, thus godly used by the servants of the Lord in the Lord's true service, for the effectuous presence of God's grace (wherewith he doth by his holy word and promises endue his people there present and assembled, to the attainment as well of commodities worldly, necessary for...1859, John Griffiths, The Two Books of Homilies Appointed to be Read in Churches
  2. (obsolete) Heartfelt; emotional.
    • Rycht excellent, rucht hie and mychty prince, oure derrest brother and uncle, we commend ws unto yow in oure maist effectuous and heartlie manere.1541 October 22, James V, Letter to Henry VIII
    • And moore over our saide derrest moder haith sent unto the saide Busshopps and Priour of Saint Andrewes many divers tender and effectuous writingges to the effecte aforesaid.1836, Great Britain. Record Commission, State Papers, page 315

Forms of effectuous

comparativemore effectuous
superlativemost effectuous
alternative formeffectuose

Words formed from effectuous

Questions about effectuous

What does effectuous mean?
Effectuous means effective; efficacious.
What part of speech is effectuous?
Effectuous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce effectuous?
Effectuous is pronounced /ɪˈfɛktjuəs/.

Words near effectuous in the dictionary

  1. effectuating
  2. effectuation
  3. effectuations
  4. effectuative
  5. effectuator
  6. effectuous
  7. effectuously
  8. effectuousness
  9. effed
  10. effed and blinded
  11. effed and jeffed

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