(1):
(n.) One who is capable of active service.
(2):
(n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; - a term used in many parts of Europe.
(3):
(n.) The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France's effective.
(4):
(a.) 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.
(5):
(n.) That which produces a given effect; a cause.
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