Meanings
present singular third person effectivates · participle present effectivating · participle past effectivated · past effectivated
- transitiveTo make effective.
The main aim was to facilitate and effectivate information retrieval and update in all the institutions concerned.
2013, R. R. O'Moore, B. Barber, P. L. Reichertz, Medical Informatics Europe 821 more example
If, as Geddes explains, a woman does not "effectivate her sex," she would thus pass "from girlhood phase of Artemis to the grey hairs of Demeter. Hence again her way divides: at best to sisterhood and vice-motherhood," […]
2003, Volker M. Welter, Iain Boyd Whyte, Biopolis: Patrick Geddes and the City of Life, page 193Synonyms: effectivize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make effective.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
- Proto-Italic*θakjō
- Proto-Italic*fakjō
- Latinfaciō
- Latinefficiō
- Latineffectīvu
- Frencheffectif
- Englisheffective
- Englisheffectivate
From effective + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish efectivar, hacer efectivo
- efectivar''verb''
- hacer efectivo''verb''
Cite this entry
effectivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effectivate
“effectivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effectivate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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