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enerˈgetical, a.
[f. as energetic a. + -al1.]
1. Philos. Operative, that produces effects; active as opposed to passive. arch.
1603Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. xxiii. 506 Their inward formes, and energeticall faculties. 1644–52J. Smith Sel. Disc. iv. 119 Resembling the passive powers of the intellect to colours, the active or energetical to light. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 161 Fate..ought..to be looked upon..as an energetical and effectual principle. 1850Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. (ed. 2) 88 All things are efficient and energetical only in their harmony.
†2. Powerfully operative. Obs.
1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature i. 8 When it worketh it is energeticall indeed, and powerfull in operation. 1644–52J. Smith Sel. Disc. v. 160 As this is more strong and active, so is happiness itself more energetical within us. 1661Origen's Opin. in Phœnix (1721) I. 73 That most excellent and most energetical part in us which The Scripture calls Spirit.
3. Full of energy; strenuously active; forcible, emphatic. rare in mod. use.
1631Star Chamb. Cases (1886) 46 A very energeticall phrase, grynding the faces of the poore. 1773J. Allen Serm. St. Mary's Oxf. 23 The energetical fervent prayers of this church's champions. 1839James Louis XIV, III. 409 This rapid, and energetical method of continuing the war. |