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.
That which produces a given effect; a cause.
One who is capable of active service.
Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; - a term used in many parts of Europe.
The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France’s effective.
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.