efficaciousadj.

/ɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs/

Etymology: < Latin efficāci- (see efficace adj.) + -ous suffix: see -acious suffix.

That produces, or is certain to produce, the intended or appropriate effect; effective. (Said of instruments, methods, or actions; not, in prose, of personal agents.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective]

frameeOE

goodeOE

mightyOE

vailanta1325

sicker1338

mightful1340

suffisant1340

virtuousa1387

effectivea1398

effectuala1398

worthya1398

availingc1420

effectuous?a1425

operant?a1425

substantialc1449

virtual?a1475

substantious1483

available1502

efficacious1528

energial1528

working1532

operatory1551

operatoriousa1555

stately1567

feckful1568

efficace?1572

shifty1585

operative1590

instrumental1601

efficable1607

speeding1612

effectuating1615

officious1618

availsome1619

prevailable1624

valid1651

perficient1659

affectuous1664

implemental1676

virtual1760

efficient1787

sufficient1831

slick1833

roadworthy1837

practician1863

positive1903

performant1977

1528 W. Roy Satire against Cardinal Wolsey (1845) Goddis worde is so efficacious.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 35 Lesse efficacious, that is, in plain English ineffectual.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iii. 39 He saies it is the first efficacious cause of the Being of althings.

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. ii. 207 God..vouchsafeth..efficacious Grace to overcome Temptation.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §58 Soap, therefore, is justly esteemed a most efficacious medicine.

1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. vi. 128 To provide efficacious securities against this evil.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 34 Be efficacious at the Council there.

Compounds

efficacious grace n. [after post-classical Latin gratia efficax (1526 or earlier)] the grace which effects the end for which it is given (contrasted with sufficient grace at sufficient adj. 2b).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > [noun] > efficient

grace1526

efficacious grace1669

congruous gracea1680

1669 D. Raymond in T. Gale True Idea Jansenisme 77 Efficacious Grace..still is sustained by the Schole of St. Thomas, and is recognized as Orthodoxe by all the Church.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 91 The Greek Fathers terme efficacious Grace and our Dependence thereon..the inhabitation of the Holy Spirit.

1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 384/2 [About 1580] Bannez, a Dominican professor at Salamanca,..represented efficacious grace as determining the free consent of the will by ‘physical premotion’, and this premotion which was infallibly followed by the consent of the will came, as he alleged, from God's absolute decree that the person so moved by grace should correspond to it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	efficacious
释义	efficaciousadj. /ɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs/ Etymology: < Latin efficāci- (see efficace adj.) + -ous suffix: see -acious suffix. That produces, or is certain to produce, the intended or appropriate effect; effective. (Said of instruments, methods, or actions; not, in prose, of personal agents.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] frameeOE goodeOE mightyOE vailanta1325 sicker1338 mightful1340 suffisant1340 virtuousa1387 effectivea1398 effectuala1398 worthya1398 availingc1420 effectuous?a1425 operant?a1425 substantialc1449 virtual?a1475 substantious1483 available1502 efficacious1528 energial1528 working1532 operatory1551 operatoriousa1555 stately1567 feckful1568 efficace?1572 shifty1585 operative1590 instrumental1601 efficable1607 speeding1612 effectuating1615 officious1618 availsome1619 prevailable1624 valid1651 perficient1659 affectuous1664 implemental1676 virtual1760 efficient1787 sufficient1831 slick1833 roadworthy1837 practician1863 positive1903 performant1977 1528 W. Roy Satire against Cardinal Wolsey (1845) Goddis worde is so efficacious. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 35 Lesse efficacious, that is, in plain English ineffectual. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iii. 39 He saies it is the first efficacious cause of the Being of althings. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. ii. 207 God..vouchsafeth..efficacious Grace to overcome Temptation. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §58 Soap, therefore, is justly esteemed a most efficacious medicine. 1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. vi. 128 To provide efficacious securities against this evil. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 34 Be efficacious at the Council there. Compounds efficacious grace n. [after post-classical Latin gratia efficax (1526 or earlier)] the grace which effects the end for which it is given (contrasted with sufficient grace at sufficient adj. 2b). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > [noun] > efficient grace1526 efficacious grace1669 congruous gracea1680 1669 D. Raymond in T. Gale True Idea Jansenisme 77 Efficacious Grace..still is sustained by the Schole of St. Thomas, and is recognized as Orthodoxe by all the Church. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 91 The Greek Fathers terme efficacious Grace and our Dependence thereon..the inhabitation of the Holy Spirit. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 384/2 [About 1580] Bannez, a Dominican professor at Salamanca,..represented efficacious grace as determining the free consent of the will by ‘physical premotion’, and this premotion which was infallibly followed by the consent of the will came, as he alleged, from God's absolute decree that the person so moved by grace should correspond to it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1528
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