Power, virtue, efficacy, as embodied in something. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun] (50) mainOE Power, virtue, efficacy, as embodied in something. Obsolete. mightOE As an attribute of impersonal agents: power, efficacy, virtue. Also, a specific virtue, quality, or characteristic. Cf. sense 3d. Obsolete. strengthOE Of substances, physical phenomena, things (material or immaterial), or their properties. Capacity for producing a result or impact; effectiveness… efficace?c1225 Efficacy. bootingc1300 Relieving, curing, healing, helping; payment to the good; service, avail. effectc1390 That which results from the action or properties of something or someone; results in general; the quality of producing a result, efficacy. powera1393 Capacity in an inanimate thing for producing a certain effect; efficacy; an active property or principle, spec. the active property of a stone… boota1400 Advantage; profit; avail, use. Chiefly in interrog. or negative phrases or their equivalent, as it is no boot: it avails not, it is no use. to make b… efficacity1430 = efficaciousness, n. and efficacy, n. operationc1450 Power to operate or produce effects; efficacy, force. Now chiefly Law. valure1483 Worth, importance, usefulness. Frequently in of no valure. Obsolete. feck1495 Operative value, efficacy, efficiency (cf. effect, n. 2a). Hence also: vigour, energy. efficacy1527 Power or capacity to produce effects; power to effect the object intended. (Not used as an attribute of personal agents: cf. efficacious, adj.) effectualness1545 The quality of being effectual; the power of producing effects; efficacy. effectuousnessa1576 The quality of being effectuous; efficacy. validity1593 Value or worth; efficacy. effectiveness1607 The quality of being effective (in various senses). workingness1611 efficaciousnessa1628 The quality of being efficacious; effectiveness. operativeness1627 The quality or condition of being operative; the power to produce effects; efficacy. efficiency1633 Fitness or power to accomplish, or success in accomplishing, the purpose intended; adequate power, effectiveness, efficacy. effectualitya1641 The quality of being effectual. energy1668 As a quality of work or action: the capacity to produce an effect; efficacy, potency. Obsolete. availablenessa1676 Capability of producing a desired result; efficacy. Obsolete. availment1699 The fact of being beneficially effective. potentialness1727 Potentiality. affectingnessa1774 effectivity1838 = effectiveness, n. efficience1865 Effectiveness, efficacy. well working1879 Successful activity or operation. Subcategories:— supreme (1) — great or ability to affect strongly (4) — power or virtue of something (8) — rough effectiveness (1) — effective thing (2) — sharpness or acuteness (1) — measure of (2) — intensity of effect (1) |
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