Effectual Definition

ĭ-fĕkcho͝o-əl
adjective
Producing, or able to produce, the desired effect.
Webster's New World
Having legal force; valid.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Effectual

  • Middle English effectuel from Old French from Late Latin effectuālis from Latin effectus result, effect effect

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French effectuel, from Late Latin effectualis.

    From Wiktionary

Effectual Sentence Examples

  • The device is a most effectual one.

  • But he failed to give effectual help to the Egyptian army.

  • Such a lease for more than a year is not effectual even for a year, except where the lessee has taken possession.

  • Industrial and boarding schools, established in several of the provinces, by separating the children from the degrading influences of their home life, have proved more effectual than day schools for training them in the habits and ideas of a higher civilization.

  • A life-renter can only grant a lease that is effectual during the subsistence of the life-rent.

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