Efficacious

Word EFFICACIOUS
Character 11
Hyphenation ef fi ca cious
Pronunciations /ɛf.ɪ.ˈkeɪ.ʃəs/

Definitions and meanings of "Efficacious"

What do we mean by efficacious?

Producing or capable of producing a desired effect. synonym: effective. adjective

Producing the desired effect; having power adequate to the purpose intended; effectual in operation or result.

Synonyms Efficient, Effectual, etc. (see effective); active, operative, energetic.

Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended. adjective

Effective adjective

Marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect adjective

Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect adjective

Effective; possessing efficacy.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Efficacious

The word "efficacious" in example sentences

The special grace which we refer to as efficacious is sometimes called irresistible grace. ❋ Unknown (1959)

Those, however, which follow the last judgment, are simply and absolutely called efficacious volition and nolition, to which the effect succeeds. ❋ 1560-1609 (1956)

'efficacious' - despite the fact that the chemist sells the medicines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

How many songs do you know that use the word "efficacious" without missing a beat? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Time is not by itself "efficacious"; that is, the mere passage of time does not augment or diminish the capacities of anything and, in particular, it does not enhance or decrease an agent's powers or abilities. ❋ Rice, Hugh (2006)

The term “apotropaic” is a broad term referring to something intended to ward off evil, whereas the word “magic” in this case, simply refers to any ritualized behavior believed by its practitioners to be efficacious, that is, effective. [ ❋ Unknown (2007)

Company manager Jong Song Ho, 38, told KCNA that the drink was particularly "efficacious" among workers at a thermal power station, smelter and at medical institutions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Framingham-based GTC Biotherapeutics 'ATryn, an anti-clotting medicine made from the milk of genetically altered goats, was deemed safe and "efficacious" by an FDA advisory panel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The CIA's own Inspector General wrote that waterboarding was not "efficacious" in producing information ❋ Unknown (2009)

Army Reserve strategic intelligence officer who taught prisoner interrogation and military law for 18 years with the Sixth Army Intelligence School wrote that waterboarding was not "efficacious" in producing information ❋ Unknown (2009)

"efficacious" part in the "efficacious measures" of 1860, when, after the massacres in the Lebanon, Europe sent Lord Dufferin to Syria with ❋ Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1907)

'efficacious' initiation {whatever that maybe} that for him was the only one available {even though he was initiated in freemasonary} and hindooism seemed to exclude him because of the caste system {?} the whole subject of initiation is rather nebulous when you exclude all the flaky ones. ❋ Poorrichard (2010)

Whether through giving, doing, or voting, they feel they are part of an efficacious body and enjoy the sense of active citizenship and active Christianity that that affords. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

But in 1962, the FDA's powers were increased: Drugs had to be shown not only to be safe which pre-1962 law had required, but also to be efficacious. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In fact, that would probably be the most efficacious route. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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