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ineffectuate en · VERB

Etymology

From ineffectu(al) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. To make ineffectual; to disable.
   • The existence of chaos does ineffectuate the Newtonian image of a clockwork universe and the Laplacean dream of a completely controllable world. 2006, William A. Dembski, Darwin's Nemesis:
   • The case of the Malinau study provides an excellent example of how the social and political elements conspire to ineffectuate expert-led decisionmaking in the environmental planning process. 2005, Morgan de Dapper, Tropical forests in a changing global context, page 85:
   • These groups of phytochemicals possess wide ranging chemical functional groups; by which they establish and bind to sites on target pathogens to ineffectuate them. 2014, Sujogya Kumar Panda, Laxmipriya Padhi, Akshaya Kumar Bastia, “Medicinal Properties of Indigenous Plants Used in the Preparation of Traditional Rice Beverage "Handia" Among the Tribals of Mayurbhanj Districts, Odisha, India”, in Subha Ganguly, editor, Herbal Immune Enhancers and Indigenous Herbs, Plants and Fruits and its Traditional Implications in Therapy Including Alternative Medicines, page 80:

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