effectfuladj.
/ᵻˈfɛk(t)f(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /əˈfɛk(t)fəl/, /iˈfɛk(t)fəl/ 1. Producing the intended effect; effectual.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing
efficient1398
engendering?1552
casual1578
procuring1581
procurative1633
causal1642
effectful1669
causant1677
causing1829
ingenerative1877
1555 Sc. Acts Mary xviii Our souerane Lady in her parliament..maid actis..quhilkis as yit hes tane na dew and effecfull execucion.
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 78 The effectful cause of direful diseases.
1792 C. Wintersmith Let. 17 July in T. Jefferson Papers (1990) XXIV. 239 How easy and effectfull could that be place[d].
1926 Social Forces 4 618/1 It is obvious that an effectful coöperation and an organization developed on this basis..is only possible because of a number of favourable circumstances.
1942 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 61 184 Those passages which offered themselves for an effectful counter-propaganda.
1973 Jrnl. Peace Res. 10 333/1 What makes demonstration effectful from the point of view of the metropole is the way it corresponds to the hierarchical social structure.
2. Creating an effect; done in order to produce an effect.
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1899 A. Maude tr. L. Tolstoy What is Art? xv. 152 However poetical, realistic, effectful, or interesting a work may be.
1957 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 22 768/1 The absence of hard and firm research results..is occasionally a temptation to substitute effectful sentences for accurate ones.
1990 Perspectives New Music 28 8 There is a basic, unbridgeable abyss separating the effectful ‘virtuoso’ approach from that adopted by my regular associates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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