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<h1>Ineffaceable</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*face"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>effaceable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ineffa<?/able</ets>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.</def>

<h1>Ineffaceably</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*face"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as not to be effaceable.</def>

<h1>Ineffectible</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*fect"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ineffectual; impracticable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Ineffective</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*fect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>effective</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ineffectif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; <as>as, an <ex>ineffective</ex> appeal</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The word of God, without the spirit, a dead and <b>ineffective</b> letter. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ineffectively</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*fect"ive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.</def>

<h1>Ineffectiveness</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*fect"ive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being ineffective.</def>

<h1>Ineffectual</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*fec"tu*al</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; <as>as, an <ex>ineffectual</ex> attempt; an <ex>ineffectual</ex> expedient.</as></def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by many found <b>ineffectual</b>. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See <er>Uselesss</er>, <er>Inefficacious</er>.</syn>

<h1>Ineffectuality</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*fec`tu*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ineffectualness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ineffectually</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*fec"tu*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without effect; in vain.</def>

<blockquote>Hereford . . . had been besieged for abou<?/ two months <b>ineffectually</b> by the Scots. <i>Ludlow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ineffectualness</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`ef*fec"tu*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>ineffectualness</b> of some men's devotion. <i>Wake.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ineffervescence</h1> <Xpage=756>

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