Chapter 71

Ed`u*ca"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to education. "His educational establishment." J. H. Newman.

Ed`u*ca"tion*ist, n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Ed"u*ca*tive (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. éducatif.] Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

Ed"u*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who educates; a teacher.

E*duce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Educing (?).] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.

The eternal art educing good from ill.

Pope.

They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves.

M. Arnold.

E*du"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of being educed.

E"duct (?), n. [L. eductum, fr. educere.] That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.

E*duc"tion (?), n. [L. eductio.] The act of drawing out or bringing into view.

Eduction pipe, ∧ Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.

E*duc"tive (?), a. Tending to draw out; extractive.

E*duc"tor (?), n. [L., tutor.] One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.

Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether.

E. Darwin.

E*dul"co*rant (?), a. [See Edulcorate.] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.

E*dul"co*rant, n. An edulcorant remedy.

E*dul"co*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edulcorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating.] [L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer.] 1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.

Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar.

Evelyn.

2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]

E*dul`co*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. édulcoration.] 1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating.

2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [R.] Ure.

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E*dul"co*ra*tive (?), a. Tending to &?;weeten or purify by affusions of water.

E*dul"co*ra`tor (?), n. A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.

E*du"li*ous (?), a. [L. edulis, fr. edere to eat.] Edible. [Obs.] "Edulious pulses." Sir T. Browne.

-ee (?). [Formed on the F. p. p. ending -é, masc.] A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.

{ Eek, Eeke (?) }, v. t. See Eke. [Obs.] Spenser.

Eel (?), n. [AS. &?;l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. ll, Sw. ål.] (Zoöl.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

Eel"buck` (?), n. An eelpot or eel basket.

Eel"fare` (?), n. [Eel + fare a journey or passage.] (Zoöl.) A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.]

Eel"grass` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.

Eel"-moth`er (?), n. (Zoöl.) The eelpout.

Eel"pot` (?), n. A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.

Eel"pout` (?), n. [AS. &?;lepute.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.

Eel"spear` (?), n. A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.

E'en (?), adv. A contraction for even. See Even.

I have e'en done with you.

L'Estrange.

Een (?), n. The old plural of Eye.

And eke with fatness swollen were his een.

Spenser.

E'er (?; 277), adv. A contraction for ever. See Ever.

{ Ee"rie, Ee"ry } (?), a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.

She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings.

Tennyson.

2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.

Ee"ri*ly (?), adv. In a strange, unearthly way.

Ee"ri*some (?), a. Causing fear; eerie. [Scot.]

Eet (?), obs. imp. of Eat. Chaucer.

Ef"fa*ble (?), a. [L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak.] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow.

Ef*face" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing (?).] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face, and cf. Deface.] 1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.

2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.

Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received.

Bacon.

Syn. -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- Efface, Deface. To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible.

Ef*face"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being effaced.

Ef*face"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. effacement.] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.

Ef*fas"ci*nate (?), v. t. [L. effascinare.] To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] Heywood.

Ef*fas`ci*na"tion (?), n. [L. effascinatio.] A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]

Ef*fect" (?), n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See Fact.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it.

Shak.

2. Manifestation; expression; sign.

All the large effects That troop with majesty.

Shak.

3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.

The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause.

Whewell.

4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect.

J. C. Shairp.

The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.

W. Irving.

5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.

6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.

They spake to her to that effect.

2 Chron. xxxiv. 22.

7. The purport; the sum and substance. "The effect of his intent." Chaucer.

8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

No other in effect than what it seems.

Denham.

9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.

For effect, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. -- In effect, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. -- Of no effect, Of none effect, To no effect, or Without effect, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition." Mark vii. 13. "All my study be to no effect." Shak. -- To give effect to, to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. -- To take effect, to become operative, to accomplish aims. Shak.

Syn. -- Effect, Consequence, Result. These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results.

Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme.

Cowper.

Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die.

Milton.

Ef*fect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effected; p. pr. & vb. n. Effecting.] 1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

So great a body such exploits to effect.

Daniel.

2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.

To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed.

Bp. Hurd.

They sailed away without effecting their purpose.

Jowett (Th. ).

Syn. -- To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See Accomplish.

Ef*fect"er (?), n. One who effects.

Ef*fect"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.

Ef*fec"tion (?), n. [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.] Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Ef*fect"ive (?), a. [L. effectivus: cf. F. effectif.] Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.

They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them.

Bacon.

Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal.

Jer. Taylor.

Syn. -- Efficient; forcible; active; powerful; energetic; competent. See Effectual.

Ef*fect"ive, n. 1. That which produces a given effect; a cause. Jer. Taylor.

2. One who is capable of active service.

He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth.

W. P. Johnston.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

2. Actually; in effect. [Obs.] Fuller.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Pope.

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.

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

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

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

||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.

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.

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

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

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.

{ 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Ef`fi*cac"i*ty (?), n. [L. efficacitas: cf. F. efficacité.] Efficacy. [R.] J. Fryth.

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.

{ 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 by an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.

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

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

Hooker.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Efforming their words within their lips.

Jer. Taylor.

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

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.

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

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

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