Energic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Potent, effective. obsolete
  2. 2
    Having great power of expression; forceful. obsolete, rhetoric
  3. 3
    Carried out with force; vigorous, energetic; full of energy.
  4. 4
    In a state of action; producing effects; active, operational. obsolete

    "the energic faculty that we call will"

  5. 5
    Pertaining to a spiritual or psychic energy attributed to all living things, especially in certain Eastern religions and New Age philosophy.

    "Thus our life substance, as an energic [translating energetischer] process, is entirely Sun."

Synonyms

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energetic

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"the energic faculty that we call will"

Etymology

From energy + -ic. Compare earlier energetic (now the more usual word).

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