effectuous
English
Alternative forms
- effectuose
Adjective
effectuous (comparative more effectuous, superlative most effectuous)
- (obsolete) effective
- Ben Jonson, The tale of a tub. The sad shepherd; or, A tale of Robin Hood.
- As if that piece were ſweeter which the wolf had bitten, or the raven had pick'd, and more effectuous :
- Ben Jonson, The tale of a tub. The sad shepherd; or, A tale of Robin Hood.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for effectuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)