EFFECTION
Ef*fec"tion, n. Etym: [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.]
Defn: Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
EFFECTIVE
Ef*fect"ive, a. Etym: [L. effectivus: cf. F. effectif.]
Defn: 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.
EFFECTIVE
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. Etym: [F. effectif real, effective, real amount.] (Com.)
Defn: Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; — a term used in many parts of Europe. Simmonds.