Definition of Effectual

1. Adjective. Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect. "An efficacious law"


2. Adjective. Having legal efficacy or force. "A sound title to the property"
Exact synonyms: Legal, Sound
Similar to: Valid
Derivative terms: Legality

Definition of Effectual

1. a. Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

Definition of Effectual

1. Adjective. Producing the intended result; entirely adequate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effectual

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Effectual

1. Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. "Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion." (Macaulay) Effectual calling, a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, one of the five points of Calvinism. See Calvinism. Synonym: Effectual, Efficacious, Effective. An efficacious remedy is had recourse to, and proves effective if it does decided good, effectual if it does all the good desired. See: Effect. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effectual

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Literary usage of Effectual

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The proper and effectual remedy would be for Government to make laws keeping the prices down and forcing the merchants to sell at those prices. ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"If the Biblical conception of vocation as an effectual divine influence through the ... Thus considered, vocation denotes the effectual influence of the ..."

3. The Lancet (1842)
"The sucking of a poisoned wound, 'be application of a cupping-glass over it, or °f » ligature around the limb, must be instantaneous to be effectual; ..."

4. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, Joseph Shield Nicholson (1884)
"When the quantity brought to market is just sufficient to supply the effectual demand, and no more, the market price naturally comes to be either exactly, ..."

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