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efficacious
(encz) | efficacious,efektivní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
efficacious
(encz) | efficacious,účinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Efficacious
(gcide) | Efficacious \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.
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efficacious
(wn) | efficacious
adj 1: 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"
[ant: inefficacious]
2: 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" [syn: effective, effectual,
efficacious] [ant: ineffective, ineffectual,
uneffective] |
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efficaciousness
(mass) | efficaciousness
- účinnosť |
efficaciously
(encz) | efficaciously, adv: |
efficaciousness
(encz) | efficaciousness,efektivnost n: Zdeněk Brožefficaciousness,působivost n: Zdeněk Brožefficaciousness,účinnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
inefficacious
(encz) | inefficacious,nepůsobivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inefficaciously
(encz) | inefficaciously, adv: |
inefficaciousness
(encz) | inefficaciousness, n: |
Efficacious
(gcide) | Efficacious \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.
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Efficaciously
(gcide) | Efficacious \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.
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efficaciousness
(gcide) | efficaciousness \ef`fi*ca"cious*ness\ n.
the capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
Syn: efficacy.
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Inefficacious
(gcide) | Inefficacious \In*ef`fi*ca"cious\, a. [Pref. in- not +
efficacious: cf. F. inefficace, L. inefficax.]
Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect
desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent.
--Boyle.
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The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious .
. . to restrain the growth of disorders. --Burke.
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Note: Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual
failure, and inefficacious an habitual impotence to any
effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor
can it be; for we can not always know whether means are
inefficacious till experiment has proved them
ineffectual. Inefficacious is therefore sometimes
synonymous with ineffectual.
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Inefficaciously
(gcide) | Inefficaciously \In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ly\, adv.
Without efficacy or effect.
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Inefficaciousness
(gcide) | Inefficaciousness \In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ness\, n.
Lack of effect, or of power to produce the effect;
inefficacy.
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efficaciously
(wn) | efficaciously
adv 1: in an effective manner; "these are real problems that can
be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion"
[syn: efficaciously, effectively] [ant:
ineffectively, inefficaciously] |
efficaciousness
(wn) | efficaciousness
n 1: capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern
about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine" [syn:
efficacy, efficaciousness] [ant: inefficaciousness,
inefficacy] |
inefficacious
(wn) | inefficacious
adj 1: lacking the power to produce a desired effect; "laws that
are inefficacious in stopping crime" [ant: efficacious] |
inefficaciously
(wn) | inefficaciously
adv 1: in an ineffective manner; "he dealt with the problem
rather ineffectively" [syn: inefficaciously,
ineffectively] [ant: effectively, efficaciously] |
inefficaciousness
(wn) | inefficaciousness
n 1: a lack of efficacy [syn: inefficacy, inefficaciousness]
[ant: efficaciousness, efficacy] |
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