efficacious - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'efficacious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Efficacious

[ n.]

- Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.

1 . efficacious

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect

Example in sentence:

an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation;
an efficacious law;
effective steps toward peace;
effective teaching methods;
his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action;
made an effective entrance

Meaning (2):
- marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect

Example in sentence:

the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough;
written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers

effable efface effaceable effaced effacement effacing effascinate effascination effect effected

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