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Edulcorative (?), a. Tending to �weeten or purify by affusions of water.
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Edulcorator (?), n. A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.
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Edulious (?), a. [L. edulis, fr. edere to eat.] Edible. [Obs.] “Edulious pulses.” Sir T. Browne.
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-ee (?). [Formed on the F. p. p. ending -é, masc.] A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.

{ Eek, Eeke (?) }, v. t. See . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Eel (?), n. [AS. �l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. āll, Sw. ål.] (Zoöl.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See , , and .
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Eelbuck (?), n. An eelpot or eel basket.
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Eelfare (?), n. [Eel + fare a journey or passage.] (Zoöl.) A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.]
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Eelgrass (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.
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Eel-mother (?), n. (Zoöl.) The eelpout.
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Eelpot (?), n. A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
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Eelpout (?), n. [AS. �lepute.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
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Eelspear (?), n. A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
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E'en (?), adv. A contraction for even. See .
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I have e'en done with you. L'Estrange.
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Een (?), n. The old plural of .
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And eke with fatness swollen were his een. Spenser.
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E'er (?; 277), adv. A contraction for ever. See .

{ Eerie, Eery } (?), a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.
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She whose elfin prancer springs
By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.
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2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.
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Eerily (?), adv. In a strange, unearthly way.
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Eerisome (?), a. Causing fear; eerie. [Scot.]
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Eet (?), obs. imp. of . Chaucer.
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Effable (?), a. [L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak.] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow.
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Efface (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing (?).] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See , and cf. .] 1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
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2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
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Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Bacon.

Syn. -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- , . To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible.
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Effaceable (?), a. Capable of being effaced.
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Effacement (?), n. [Cf. F. effacement.] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
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Effascinate (?), v. t. [L. effascinare.] To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] Heywood.
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Effascination (?), n. [L. effascinatio.] A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]
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Effect (?), n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See .] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
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That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it. Shak.
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2. Manifestation; expression; sign.
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All the large effects
That troop with majesty. Shak.
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3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
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The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause. Whewell.
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4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
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Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect. J. C. Shairp.
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The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. W. Irving.
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5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
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6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
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They spake to her to that effect. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 22.
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7. The purport; the sum and substance. “The effect of his intent.” Chaucer.

8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
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No other in effect than what it seems. Denham.
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9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
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Coloq. For effect , for an exaggerated impression or excitement. -- Coloq. In effect , in fact; in substance. See 8, above. -- Coloq. Of no effect , Coloq. Of none effect , Coloq. To no effect , or Coloq. Without effect , destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. “Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.” Mark vii. 13. “All my study be to no effect.” Shak. -- Coloq. To give effect to , to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. -- Coloq. To take effect , to become operative, to accomplish aims. Shak.

Syn. -- , , . These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results.
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Resolving all events, with their effects
And manifold results, into the will
And arbitration wise of the Supreme. Cowper.
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Shun the bitter consequence, for know,
The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die. Milton.
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Effect (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effected; p. pr. & vb. n. Effecting.] 1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
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So great a body such exploits to effect. Daniel.
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2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
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To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed. Bp. Hurd.
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They sailed away without effecting their purpose. Jowett (Th. ).

Syn. -- To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See .
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Effecter (?), n. One who effects.
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Effectible (?), a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.
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Effection (?), n. [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.] Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
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Effective (?), a. [L. effectivus: cf. F. effectif.] Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
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They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them. Bacon.
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Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal. Jer. Taylor.

Syn. -- Efficient; forcible; active; powerful; energetic; competent. See .
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Effective, n. 1. That which produces a given effect; a cause. Jer. Taylor.
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2. One who is capable of active service.
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He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth. W. P. Johnston.
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3. [F. effectif real, effective, real amount.] (Com.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe. Simmonds.
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4. The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France's effective.
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Effectively, adv. With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.
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Effectiveness, n. The quality of being effective.
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Effectless (?), a. Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. -- Effectlessly, adv.
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Effector (?), n. [L.] An effecter. Derham.
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Effectual (?; 135), a. [See , n.] Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. Shak.
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Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion. Macaulay.
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Coloq. Effectual calling (Theol.), a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, -- one of the five points of Calvinism. See .

Syn. -- , , . An efficacious remedy is had recourse to, and proves effective if it does decided good, effectual if it does all the good desired. C. J. Smith.
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effectuality n. the power to be effective.
Syn. -- effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness.
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Effectually, adv. 1. With effect; efficaciously.
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2. Actually; in effect. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Effectualness, n. The quality of being effectual.
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Effectuate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effectuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effectuating.] [Cf. F. effectuer. See , n. & v. t.] To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.
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A fit instrument to effectuate his desire. Sir P. Sidney.
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In order to effectuate the thorough reform. G. T. Curtis.
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Effectuation (?), n. Act of effectuating.

{ Effectuose (?), Effectuous (?), } a. Effective. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Effectuously, adv. Effectively. [Obs.]
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Effeminacy (?), n.; pl. Effeminacies (#). [From .] Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. Milton.
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Effeminate (?), a. [L. effeminatus, p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See , a.] 1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
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The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor. Bacon.
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An effeminate and unmanly foppery. Bp. Hurd.
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2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
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Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. Shak.
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☞ Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.
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Effeminate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effeminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effeminating (?).] To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
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It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke.
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Effeminate, v. i. To grow womanish or weak.
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In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.
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Effeminately (?), adv. 1. In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. “Proud and effeminately gay.” Fawkes.
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2. By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. [R.] “Effeminately vanquished.” Milton.
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Effeminateness, n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.
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Effemination (?), n. [L. effeminatio.] Effeminacy; womanishness. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Effeminize (?), v. t. To make effeminate. [Obs.]
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Effendi (?), n., [Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr. �, fr. Gr. � a chief. See .] Master; sir; -- a Turkish title of respect, applied esp. to a state official or man of learning, as one learned in the law, but often simply as the courtesy title of a gentleman.
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Efferent (?), a. [L. efferens, -entis, p. pr. of effere to bear out; ex out + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) (a) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc. (b) Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent.
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Efferent (?), n. An efferent duct or stream.
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Efferous (?), a. [L. efferus savage; ex (intens.) + ferus wild.] Like a wild beast; fierce. [Obs.]
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Effervesce (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Effervesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effervescing (?).] [L. effervescere; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See .] 1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.
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2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.

{ Effervescence (?), Effervescency (?), } n. [Cf. F. effervescence.] A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
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Effervescent (?), a. [L. effervescences, p. pr. of effervescere: cf. F. effervescent.] Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas
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Effervescible (?), a. Capable of effervescing.
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Effervescive (?), a. Tending to produce effervescence. “An effervescive force.” Hickok.
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Effet (?), n. [See , n.] (Zoöl.) The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.
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Effete (?), a. [L. effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See .] No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.
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Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning
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If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke.
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Efficacious (?), a. [L. eficax, -acis, fr. efficere. See , n.] Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.

Syn. -- See .

-- Efficaciously, adv.
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efficaciousness n. the capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
Syn. -- efficacy.
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efficacity (?), n. [L. efficacitas: cf. F. efficacité.] Efficacy. [R.] J. Fryth.
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efficacy (?), n. [L. efficacia, fr. efficax. See .] Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. “Of noxious efficacy.” Milton.
Syn. -- efficacy.
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Syn. -- Virtue; force; energy; potency; efficiency.
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{ efficience (ĕffĭsh�ns), efficiency (ĕffĭsh�ns�), } n. [L. efficientia.] 1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
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The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.
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2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Rankine.
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Coloq. efficiency of a heat engine , the ratio of the work done by an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.
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efficiency apartment n., a small apartment{4}, sometimes furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner. There are many variations of efficiency apartment, including some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pulled out from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use. Also called an efficiency.
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efficient (ĕffĭsh�nt), a. [L. efficiens, -entis, p. pr. of efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See , n.] Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.
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The efficient cause is the working cause. Wilson.

Syn. -- Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable; material; potent.
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