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3. [F. effectif real, effective, real amount.] (Com.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.

Simmonds.

Effectively <Xpage=472>

Ef*fect"ive*ly , adv. With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.

Effectiveness <Xpage=472>

Ef*fect"ive*ness , n. The quality of being effective.

Effectless <Xpage=472>

Ef*fect"less (?) , a. Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak . -- Ef*fect"less*ly , adv.

Effector <Xpage=472>

Ef*fect"or (?) , n. [L.] An effecter.

Derham.

Effectual <Xpage=472>

Ef*fec"tu*al (?; 135) , a. [See Effect , n. ] Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

Shak.

Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion. Macaulay.

Effectual calling (Theol.) , a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, -- one of the five points of Calvinism. See Calvinism .

Syn. -- Effectual , Efficacious , Effective . An efficacious remedy is had recourse to, and proves effective if it does decided good, effectual if it does all the good desired.

C. J. Smith.

Effectually <Xpage=472>

Ef*fec"tu*al*ly , adv. 1. With effect; efficaciously.

2. Actually; in effect. [Obs.]

Fuller.

Effectualness <Xpage=472>

Ef*fec"tu*al*ness , n. The quality of being effectual.

Effectuate <Xpage=472>

Ef*fec"tu*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effectuated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effectuating .] [Cf. F. effectuer . See Effect , n. & v. t. ] To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.

A fit instrument to effectuate his desire. Sir P. Sidney.

In order to effectuate the thorough reform. G. T. Curtis.

Effectuation <Xpage=472>

Ef*fec`tu*a"tion (?) , n. Act of effectuating.

Effectuose, Effectuous <Xpage=472>

Ef*fec"tu*ose` (?) , Ef*fec"tu*ous (?) , a. Effective. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Effectuously <Xpage=472>

Ef*fec"tu*ous*ly , adv. Effectively. [Obs.]

Effeminacy <Xpage=472>

Ef*fem"i*na*cy (?) , n. ; pl. Effeminacies (#) . [From Effeminate .] Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.

Milton.

Effeminate <Xpage=472>

Ef*fem"i*nate (?) , a. [L. effeminatus , p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See Feminine , a. ]

1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate , and less sensible of honor. Bacon.

An effeminate and unmanly foppery. Bp. Hurd.

2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. Shak.

&hand; Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense; feminine and womanly , applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.

Effeminate <Xpage=472>

Ef*fem"i*nate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effeminated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effeminating (?) .] To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke.

Effeminate <Xpage=472>

Ef*fem"i*nate , v. i. To grow womanish or weak.

In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.

Effeminately <Xpage=472>

Ef*fem"i*nate*ly (?) , adv. 1. In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. "Proud and effeminately gay."

Fawkes.

2. By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. [R.] " Effeminately vanquished."

Milton.

Effeminateness <Xpage=472>

Ef*fem"i*nate*ness , n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.

Fuller.

Effemination <Xpage=472>

Ef*fem`i*na"tion (?) , n. [L. effeminatio .] Effeminacy; womanishness. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Effeminize <Xpage=472>

Ef*fem"i*nize (?) , v. t. To make effeminate. [Obs.]

Effendi <Xpage=472>

Ef*fen"di (?) , n. [Turk. efendi , fr. Modern Gr. <?/, fr. Gr. <?/ a chief. See Authentic .] Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.

Efferent <Xpage=472>

Ef"fe*rent (?) , a. [L. efferens , -entis , p. pr. of effere to bear out; ex out + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) (a) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc. (b) Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e. , such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent .

Efferent <Xpage=472>

Ef"fe*rent (?) , n. An efferent duct or stream.

Efferous <Xpage=472>

Ef"fer*ous (?) , a. [L. efferus savage; ex (intens.) + ferus wild.] Like a wild beast; fierce. [Obs.]

Effervesce <Xpage=472>

Ef`fer*vesce" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Effervesced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effervescing (?) .] [L. effervescere ; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See Fervent .]

1. To 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, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment .

Effervescence, Effervescency <Xpage=472>

Ef`fer*ves"cence (?) , Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy (?) , n. [Cf. F. effervescence .] A 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 a carbonate with citric acid .

Effervescent <Xpage=472>

Ef`fer*ves"cent (?) , a. [L. effervescences , p. pr. of effervescere : cf. F. effervescent .] Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas

Effervescible <Xpage=472>

Ef`fer*ves"ci*ble (?) , a. Capable of effervescing.

Effervescive <Xpage=472>

Ef`fer*ves"cive (?) , a. Tending to produce effervescence. "An effervescive force."

Hickok.

Effet <Xpage=472>

Ef"fet (?) , n. [See Eft , n. ] (Zo\'94l.) The common newt; -- called also asker , eft , evat , and ewt .

Effete <Xpage=472>

Ef*fete" (?) , a. [L. effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See Fetus .] No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.

Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning

If they find the old governments effete , worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke.

Efficacious <Xpage=472>

Ef`fi*ca"cious (?) , a. [L. eficax , -acis , fr. efficere . See Effect , n. ] Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law .

Syn. -- See Effectual .

-- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ly , adv. -- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ness , n.

Efficacity <Xpage=472>

Ef`fi*cac"i*ty (?) , n. [L. efficacitas : cf. F. efficacit\'82 .] Efficacy. [R.]

J. Fryth.

Efficacy <Xpage=472>

Ef"fi*ca*cy (?) , n. [L. efficacia , fr. efficax . See Efficacious .] Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; 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; potency; efficiency.

Efficience, Efficiency <Xpage=472>

Ef*fi"cience (?) , Ef*fi"cien*cy (?) , n. [L. efficientia .]

1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.

The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.

2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.

Rankine.

Efficiency of a heat engine , the ratio of the work done an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.

Efficient <Xpage=472>

Ef*fi"cient (?) , a. [L. efficiens , -entis , p. pr. of efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient . See Effect , n. ] Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power .

The efficient cause is the working cause. Wilson.

Syn. -- Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable; material; potent.

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Efficient <Xpage=473>

Ef*fi"cient (?) , n. An efficient cause; a prime mover.

God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only. Hooker.

Efficiently <Xpage=473>

Ef*fi"cient*ly , adv. With effect; effectively.

Effierce <Xpage=473>

Ef*fierce" (?) , v. t. [Pref. ex- (intens.) + fierce .] To make fierce. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Effigial <Xpage=473>

Ef*fig"i*al (?) , a. Relating to an effigy.

Effigiate <Xpage=473>

Ef*fig"i*ate (?) , v. t. [L. effigiatus , p. p. of effigiare to form, fr. effigies . See Effigy .] To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.

[He must] effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances. Jer. Taylor.

Effigiation <Xpage=473>

Ef*fig`i*a"tion (?) , n. [Cf. LL. effigiatio .] The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.

Fuller.

Effigies <Xpage=473>

Ef*fig"i*es (?) , n. [L.] See Effigy .

Dryden.

Effigy <Xpage=473>

Ef"fi*gy (?) , n. ; pl. Effigies (#) . [L. effigies , fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign .] The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.

To burn , &or; To hang , in effigy , to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.

Efflagitate <Xpage=473>

Ef*flag"i*tate (?) , v. t. [L. efflagitatus , p. p. of efflagitare .] To ask urgently. [Obs.]

Cockeram.

Efflate <Xpage=473>

Ef*flate" (?) , v. t. [L. efflatus , p. p. of efflare to blow or breathe out; ex + flare to blow.] To fill with breath; to puff up.

Sir T. Herbert.

Efflation <Xpage=473>

Ef*fla"tion (?) , n. The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.

A soft efflation of celestial fire. Parnell.

Effloresce <Xpage=473>

Ef`flo*resce" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Effloresced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Efflorescing (?) .] [L. efflorescere to bloom, blossom; ex + florescere to begin to blossom, incho., fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos a flower. See Flower .]

1. To blossom forth.

Carlyle.

2. (Chem.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce .

3. To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere .

Efflorescence <Xpage=473>

Ef`flo*res"cence (?) , n. [F. efflorescence .]

1. (Bot.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.

3. (Chem.) (a) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. (b) The powder or crust thus formed.

Efflorescency <Xpage=473>

Ef`flo*res"cen*cy (?) , n. The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.

Efflorescent <Xpage=473>

Ef`flo*res"cent (?) , a. [F. efflorescent , L. efflorescens , -entis , blooming, p. pr. of efflorescere . See Effloresce , v. i. ]

1. That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt .

2. Covered with an efflorescence.

Efflower <Xpage=473>

Ef*flow"er (?) , v. t. [Cf. F. effleurer .] (Leather Making) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.

Effluence <Xpage=473>

Ef"flu*ence (?) , n. [Cf. F. effluence .]

1. A flowing out, or emanation.

2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.

Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Milton.

And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. Hawthorne.

Effluency <Xpage=473>

Ef"flu*en*cy (?) , n. Effluence.

Effluent <Xpage=473>

Ef"flu*ent (?) , a. [L. effluens , -entis , p. pr. of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent . See Fluent .] Flowing out; as, effluent beams .

Parnell.

Effluent <Xpage=473>

Ef"flu*ent , n. (Geog.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Effluviable <Xpage=473>

Ef*flu"vi*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being given off as an effluvium. " Effluviable matter."

Boyle.

Effluvial <Xpage=473>

Ef*flu"vi*al (?) , a. Belonging to effluvia.

Effluviate <Xpage=473>

Ef*flu"vi*ate (?) , v. i. To give forth effluvium. [R.] "An effluviating power."

Boyle.

Effluvium <Xpage=473>

Ef*flu"vi*um (?) , n. ; pl. Effluvia (#) . [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent , a. ] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage .

Efflux <Xpage=473>

Ef"flux (?) , n. [See Effluent , Flux .]

1. The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety.

It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux . I. Taylor.

2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence.

Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. Thomson.

Efflux <Xpage=473>

Ef*flux" (?) , v. i. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.]

Boyle.

Effluxion <Xpage=473>

Ef*flux"ion (?) , n. [From Efflux .]

1. The act of flowing out; effusion.

2. That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.

Some light effluxions from spirit to spirit. Bacon.

Effodient <Xpage=473>

Ef*fo"di*ent (?) , a. [L. effodiens , p. pr. of effodere to dig out; ex + fodere to dig.] Digging up.

Efforce <Xpage=473>

Ef*force (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Efforced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Efforcing (?) .] [OF. esforcier (F. s'efforcer to exert one's self), LL. exforciare ; L. ex + fortis strong. See Force .] To force; to constrain; to compel to yield. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Efform <Xpage=473>

Ef*form" (?) , v. t. [Pref. ex- + form .] To form; to shape. [Obs.]

Efforming their words within their lips. Jer. Taylor.

Efformation <Xpage=473>

Ef`for*ma"tion (?) , n. The act of giving shape or form. [Obs.]

Ray.

Effort <Xpage=473>

Ef"fort (?) , n. [F. effort , OF. esfort , for esfors , esforz , fr. esforcier . See Efforce .]

1. An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall .

We prize the stronger effort of his power. Pope.

2. (Mech.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.

Rankine.

Syn. -- Endeavor; exertion; struggle; strain; straining; attempt; trial; essay. See Attempt .

Effort <Xpage=473>

Ef"fort , v. t. To stimulate. [Obs.] "He efforted his spirits."

Fuller.

Effortless <Xpage=473>

Ef"fort*less , a. Making no effort.

Southey.

Effossion <Xpage=473>

Ef*fos"sion (?) , n. [L. effossio . See Effodient .] A digging out or up. [R.] "The effossion of coins."

Arbuthnot.

Effranchise <Xpage=473>

Ef*fran"chise (?) , v. t. [Pref. ex- + franchise : cf. OF. esfranchir .] To enfranchise.

Effray <Xpage=473>

Ef*fray" (?) , v. t. [F. effrayer . See Affray .] To frighten; to scare. [Obs.]

Spenser.