Effective
Effective , adjective
[Latin effectivus: compare French 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.
Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal.
Effective , noun
1.
That which produces a given effect; a cause. — Jer. Taylor
2.
One who is capable of active service.
He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth.
3.
(Commerce) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe. — Simmonds
4.
The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France's effective.