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▪ I. effecting, vbl. n.|ɛˈfɛktɪŋ|
[f. effect v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb effect.
1581Mulcaster Positions (1887) Ep. Ded. 6 The effecting wherof pretendeth great honour to your Maiesties person. 1609Rowlands Knaue of Clubbes 17 Although the plot..by thee was lai'd, Th' effecting of it by me thou didst obtaine. 1671J. Flavel Fount. Life vi. 15 In order to the sure effecting of this Design.
¶ Used gerundially with omission of in: virtually serving the function of a pr. pple. passive.
1789Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 88 Four sentiments on the revolution effecting here. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. i. 325 During the time in which this great revolution was effecting in the government of Bengal. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey i. ix. 21 Ought you not to congratulate yourself that a great change is effecting?
▪ II. eˈffecting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That effects.
Hence eˈffectingness = efficaciousness.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 179 If we are instructed to believe the particular effectingness of a religious discourse proceeds from the workings of the Spirit, etc. |