effeteness.html - adj.
1 feeble and incapable.
2 worn out; exhausted of its essential quality or vitality.

effeteness n. [L effetus worn out by bearing young (as EX-(1), FOETUS)]

effeteness.html - adj.
1 feeble and incapable.
2 worn out; exhausted of its essential quality or vitality.

effeteness n. [L effetus worn out by bearing young (as EX-(1), FOETUS)]

effeteness.html - See: IN EFFECT, INTO EFFECT, SOUND EFFECTS, TAKE EFFECT, TO THAT EFFECT, TO THE EFFECT THAT,

effeteness.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the result or consequence of an action etc.
2 efficacy (had little effect).
3 an impression produced on a spectator, hearer, etc. (lights had a pretty effect; my words had no effect).
4 (in pl.) property, luggage.
5 (in pl.) the lighting, sound, etc., used to accompany a play, film, broadcast, etc.
6 Physics a physical phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer (Doppler effect).
7 the state of being operative.

--v.

tr.
1 bring about; accomplish.
2 cause to exist or occur.

bring (or carry) into effect accomplish. for effect to create an impression. give effect to make operative. in effect for practical purposes; in reality. take effect become operative. to the effect that the general substance or gist being. to that effect having that result or implication. with effect from coming into operation at or on (a stated time or day). [ME f. OF effect or L effectus (as EX-(1), facere make)]

effeteness.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 having a definite or desired effect.
2 powerful in effect; impressive.
3 a actual; existing in fact rather than officially or theoretically (took effective control in their absence). b actually usable; realizable; equivalent in its effect (effective money; effective demand).
4 coming into operation (effective as from 1 May).
5 (of manpower) fit for work or service.

--n.

a soldier available for service.

effectively adv. effectiveness n. [ME f. L effectivus (as EFFECT)]

effeteness.html - adj. & n.
Biol. --adj.

acting in response to a stimulus.

--n.

an effector organ.