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efficacious

/ˌɛf.əˈkeɪ.ʃəs/

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What does efficacious mean?

adjective

  1. Effective; possessing efficacy.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɛf.əˈkeɪ.ʃəs/

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Science, after having long groped about, now knows that the most fecundating and the most efficacious of fertilizers is human manure.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
It has since been discovered that when justice is more certain and more mild, it is at the same time more efficacious.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
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This is unquestionably the simplest and most efficacious means of subsisting troops, and it has been the basis of all modern wars.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946
These words were said to be singularly efficacious in preventing madness in dogs, but for my part I do not credit it.
William YouattThe DogProject Gutenberg ebook #9478