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Webster 1913 Edition

Efficient

Ef-fi′cient

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Noun.
An efficient cause; a prime mover.
God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an
efficient
only.
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Efficient

EFFI'CIENT

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Adj.
Causing effects; producing; that causes any thing to be what is is. The efficient cause is that which produces; the final cause is that for which it is produced.

EFFI'CIENT

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Noun.
The agent or cause which produces or causes to exist.
1.
He that makes.

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