effectuated

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adjective

Implemented; caused to occur.

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Meanings

adjectiveeffectuated (comparative more effectuated, superlative most effectuated)

comparative more effectuated · superlative most effectuated

  1. Implemented; caused to occur.

    I do not question that, for I am frank to confess that no law, after all that is said, can be more effectuated than by the strength of public sentiment behind it.

    1958, Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Delaware, volume 3, page 2311
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    But nihilism properly stated, as developed by Nietzsche in the last period of his work, owes nothing to Schopenhauer— except as a symptomatic example of one of the most effectuated types of nihilism.

    2016, Peter Pál Pelbart, Cartography of Exhaustion: Nihilism Inside Out

    In the opposite case, if differentiated integration is actually much more effectuated in practice than in the past, it could also unlock the status quo and grow into a scenario belonging to the reformist vision of the future of the EU.

    2023, Matej Avbelj, The Future of EU Constitutionalism
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of effectuate
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APA

effectuated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effectuated

MLA

“effectuated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effectuated. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effectuated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effectuated.

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