Effectuate
(Ef*fec"tu*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effectuated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effectuating.] [Cf. F. effectuer.
See Effect, n. & v. t.] To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.
A fit instrument to effectuate his desire.
Sir P. Sidney.
In order to effectuate the thorough reform.
G. T. Curtis. Effectuation
(Ef*fec`tu*a"tion) n. Act of effectuating.
Effectuose
(Ef*fec"tu*ose` Ef*fec"tu*ous) a. Effective. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Effectuously
(Ef*fec"tu*ous*ly), adv. Effectively. [Obs.]
Effeminacy
(Ef*fem"i*na*cy) n.; pl. Effeminacies [From Effeminate.] Characteristic quality of a woman,
such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy
or softness; — used reproachfully of men. Milton.
Effeminate
(Ef*fem"i*nate) a. [L. effeminatus, p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina
a woman. See Feminine, a.]
1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly
degree; womanish; weak.
The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor.
Bacon.
An effeminate and unmanly foppery.
Bp. Hurd. 2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; — in a good sense.
Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.
Shak. Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to
women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.
Effeminate
(Ef*fem"i*nate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effeminated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effeminating ] To make
womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.
Locke. Effeminate
(Ef*fem"i*nate), v. i. To grow womanish or weak.
In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt.
Pope. Effeminately
(Ef*fem"i*nate*ly) adv.
1. In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. "Proud and effeminately gay." Fawkes.
2. By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. [R.] "Effeminately vanquished." Milton.
Effeminateness
(Ef*fem"i*nate*ness), n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.
Effemination
(Ef*fem`i*na"tion) n. [L. effeminatio.] Effeminacy; womanishness. [Obs.] Bacon.
Effeminize
(Ef*fem"i*nize) v. t. To make effeminate. [Obs.]
