Noah Webster
Energetic
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