EFFICACIES

Noun

efficacies

plural of efficacy

Source: Wiktionary


EFFICACY

Ef"fi*ca*cy, n. Etym: [L. efficacia, fr. efficax. See Efficacious.]

Definition: 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.

– Virtue; force; energy; potency; efficiency.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; ā€œthe area is well populatedā€; ā€œforests populated with all kinds of wild lifeā€


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