Meaning of EFFICACIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | `efu'keyshus
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- [adj] producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"
- [adj] marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
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| | Synonyms: | | effective, effectual, hard-hitting, impelling, impressive, rough-and-ready, telling, trenchant |
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| | Antonyms: | | ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, uneffective | | |
| | See Also: | | efficacious, efficient, potent, powerful, strong, useful, utile | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ef`fi*ca"cious\, a. [L. eficax, -acis, fr.
efficere. See {Effect}, n.]
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or
powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious
law.
Syn: See {Effectual}. -- {Ef`fi*ca"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Ef`fi*ca"cious*ness}, n.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Having the ability or power to produce a desired effect. |
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| | Related Terms: | | able, active, adequate, authoritative, capable, charismatic, charming, competent, consequential, effective, effectual, efficient, enchanting, equal to, estimable, functional, go, important, influential, magnetic, momentous, operational, operative, personable, persuasive, potent, powerful, practical, prestigious, productive, proficient, puissant, reputable, serviceable, strong, suasive, substantial, successful, telling, up to, useful, virtuous, weighty, winning |
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