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efficacious

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acceffiiosuStarts with EEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect

Word origin

From Old French efficacieux, from Latin efficāx (“efficacious”) + -ous, from efficere (“to effect, to accomplish”); see effect.

Used in a sentence

  • This medicine is efficacious.
  • For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them.
  • He would weep for hours together, and I verily believe that to the very end this spoilt child of life thought his weak tears in some way efficacious.

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