efficiebat

efficiebat is a Latin verb form. Specifically, it is the third-person singular imperfect active indicative of the verb efficere. The verb efficere means "to make, produce, effect, accomplish, bring about, cause." Therefore, efficiebat translates to "he/she/it was making," "he/she/it was producing," "he/she/it was effecting," "he/she/it was accomplishing," "he/she/it was bringing about," or "he/she/it was causing."

The imperfect tense in Latin is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, as well as to set a scene or provide background information. The active voice indicates that the subject of the verb is performing the action. The third-person singular form means the subject is "he," "she," or "it." Thus, efficiebat describes an action that was happening continuously or habitually in the past, performed by a singular subject. For example, in a sentence like "Pater filium docebat," the verb docebat (imperfect of docere, "to teach") means "the father was teaching" or "the father taught." Similarly, if a sentence contained efficiebat, it would be describing a past, ongoing, or repeated instance of making, producing, effecting, accomplishing, bringing about, or causing. The precise meaning would be determined by the context of the full sentence in which it appears.