ENERGET'IC ENERGET'ICAL, adjective [Gr. work. See Energy.] 1. Operating with force, vigor and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious. We say, the public safety required energetic measures. The vicious inclinations of men can be restrained only by energetic laws. [Energic is not used.] 2. Moving; working; active; operative. We must conceive of God as a Being eternally energetic
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