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1. (adj.) efficacious
capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, or remedy.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L efficāx. See efficient , -acious)
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1. (adj) efficacious
marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
"written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
2. (adj) effective, effectual, efficacious
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
"an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"
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1. (noun) Efficacious
possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law
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Sense: producing the result intended
The medicine was most efficacious.
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 Afrikaans: doeltreffend |
 Arabic: فَعّال، ناجِع |
 Bulgarian: ефикасен |
 Brazilian: eficaz |
 Czech: účinný |
 German: wirksam |
 Danish: effektiv; virkningsfuld |
 Greek: αποτελεσματικός |
 Spanish: eficaz |
 Estonian: mõjus |
 Farsi: موثر؛ مفید |
 Finnish: tehokas |
 French: efficace |
 Hebrew: יָעִיל |
 Hindi: प्रभावी |
 Croatian: efikasan, djelotvoran |
 Hungarian: hathatós |
 Indonesian: manjur |
 Icelandic: áhrifaríkur |
 Italian: efficace |
 Japanese: 効きめのある |
 Korean: 효과가 있는 |
 Lithuanian: veiksmingas, efektyvus |
 Latvian: efektīvs; iedarbīgs |
 Malay: mujarab |
 Dutch: werkzaam |
 Norwegian: virkningsfull, virksom |
 Polish: skuteczny |
 Persian: موثر؛ مفید |
 Pashto: نتيجه وركوونكى، په ځاى لګ |
 Portuguese: eficaz |
 Romanian: eficace |
 Russian: эффективный |
 Slovak: účinný |
 Slovenian: učinkovit |
 Serbian: uspešan |
 Swedish: effektiv, verksam |
 Thai: ที่ให้ผลตามต้องการ |
 Turkish: yararlı |
 Taiwanese: 有效的 |
 Ukrainian: дієвий; ефективний |
 Urdu: کارگر |
 Vietnamese: hiệu nghiệm |
 Chinese: 有效的 |
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