Pronunciations (2)
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/ɪˈfɛktjuəs/
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/ɪˈfɛkt͡ʃuəs/
Adjective
Effective; efficacious.
Usage- Obsolete
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As if that piece were ſweeter which the wolf had bitten, or the raven had pick'd, and more effectuous :
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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 us, as also of all heavenly gifts and life everlasting), is called by the word of God (as it is indeed) the temple of the Lord and the house of God;
We shall indubitably have the opportunity of forming, from this able dissertation, a careful and unsurpassed analysis of our present indigenous conditions and derive some comprehensive idea of those most puissantly effectuqal and efficient methods by which, at this most opportune time, we may arrive at a resultant conclusion and adopt the most effectuous means through whose agency we can attain the end and secure the results we so much desire.
' Very effectuous,' butted in Mrs Frazer, 'very effectuous, and Mr Blow took a drink of it to make away with himself , but not enough.
Heartfelt; emotional.
Usage- Obsolete
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Rycht excellent, rucht hie and mychty prince, oure derrest brother and uncle, we commend ws unto yow in oure maist effectuous and heartlie manere.
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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.
at this present we cannot (weighing the duty which we owe to such as are afflected for their conscience in that profession) but by our most effectuous and earnest letter interpone us at your hands to stay any harder usage of them for that cause;