To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed.
Bp. Hurd.
They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
Jowett (Th. ).
Syn. -- To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See Accomplish.
Ef*fect"er (?), n. One who effects.
Ef*fect"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.
Ef*fec"tion (?), n. [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.] Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Ef*fect"ive (?), a. [L. effectivus: cf. F. effectif.] 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.
They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them.
Bacon.
Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal.
Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- Efficient; forcible; active; powerful; energetic; competent. See Effectual.
Ef*fect"ive, n. 1. That which produces a given effect; a cause. Jer. Taylor.