Effectual

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Effectual \Ef*fec"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [See {Effect}, n.]
     Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an
     intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.
     --Shak.
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           Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     {Effectual calling} (Theol.), 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}.
  
     Syn: {Effectual}, {Efficacious}, {Effective}.
  
     Usage: An efficacious remedy is had recourse to, and proves
            effective if it does decided good, effectual if it
            does all the good desired. --C. J. Smith.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  effectual
       adj 1: sufficient to produce a result; "a man to whom painting was
              but another and less effectual way of writing dramas
              or novels or history" [ant: {ineffectual}]
       2: producing or capable of producing an intended result or
          having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more
          effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid
          long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective
          teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made
          an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be
          effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law" [syn:
          {effective}, {efficacious}] [ant: {ineffective}]
       3: exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or
          chemical effects; "an effectual vaccine"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "effectual":
     able, achieving, active, actual, adequate, ascertained, attested,
     authenticated, authoritative, banausic, behind the scenes, binding,
     capable, categorically true, causal, causative, certain, certified,
     charismatic, charming, competent, conclusive, confirmed,
     consequential, constitutive, corroborated, decisive, demonstrated,
     determinative, determined, documentary, effective, efficacious,
     efficient, enchanting, equal to, established, estimable,
     etiological, factual, feasible, forceful, forcible, formative,
     fulfilling, functional, go, historical, important, in force,
     influential, institutive, lawful, legal, magnetic, momentous,
     not in error, objectively true, occasional, operable, operational,
     operative, originative, personable, persuasive, pivotal, potent,
     powerful, practicable, practical, pragmatic, prestigious,
     productive, proficient, proved, real, realizable, reputable, sound,
     strong, suasive, substantial, substantiated, sure-enough, telling,
     toothy, true, true as gospel, truthful, unconfuted, undenied,
     undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unmistaken,
     unquestionable, unrefuted, up to, useful, valid, validated,
     veracious, verified, veritable, weighty, winning, workable