effectual
ef·fec·tual
adjective
1.
sufficient to produce a result
- “a man to whom painting was but another and less effectual way of writing dramas or novels or history”
Origin
From Middle English effectual, effectuel, from Old French effectuel, from Late Latin effectualis.
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