adj
Meaning 1
Potent, effective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
energic
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adj
Meaning 2
Having great power of expression; forceful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rhetoric
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adj
Meaning 3
Carried out with force; vigorous, energetic; full of energy.
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adj
Meaning 4
In a state of action; producing effects; active, operational.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- the energic faculty that we call will
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adj
Meaning 5
Pertaining to a spiritual or psychic energy attributed to all living things, especially in certain Eastern religions and New Age philosophy.
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History
Etymology
From energy + -ic. Compare earlier energetic (now the more usual word).