efficiencen.
/ɛˈfɪʃəns/ Obsolete or archaic.
1. The exercise of efficient power; causative or productive activity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun]
plenteoustea1382
fatnessc1420
feracityc1420
fruitfulheadc1450
fruitfulness1509
exuberancy1649
unbarrenness1656
efficience1669
teemingness1674
prolificity1718
generativeness1727
productiveness1727
prolificacy1756
productivity1818
fructuousness1855
teeming1856
plenteousness1864
populousness1881
fruition1885
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iii. 37 The first piece of this Divine efficience is..referred to the Divine Ideas.
a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) i. i. 1 Gods Efficience is concern'd in the Event decreed.
1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 319 The surprising efficience of two bodies..to produce a third unknown before.
2. Effectiveness, efficacy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun]
mainOE
mightOE
strengthOE
efficace?c1225
bootingc1300
effectc1390
powera1393
boota1400
efficacity1430
operationc1450
valure1483
feck1495
efficacy1527
effectualness1545
effectuousnessa1576
validity1593
effectiveness1607
workingness1611
efficaciousnessa1628
operativeness1627
efficiency1633
effectualitya1641
energy1668
availablenessa1676
availment1699
potentialness1727
affectingnessa1774
effectivity1838
efficience1865
well working1879
1865 J. K. James tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Deliv. xii. xxviii Do thou for her with such efficience pray.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1669- prising
- prisjadka
- prisk
- prism
- prism battery
- prism binocular
- prism glass
- prism train
- prism-form
- prism-hued
- prism-like
- prism-shaped
- prismal
- prismane
- prismate
- prismated
- prismatic
- prismatic binoculars
- prismatic coefficient
- prismatic colour
- prismatic compass
- prismatic layer
- prismatic powder
- prismatic tissue
- prismatic-cellular