Entelechy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Entelechy \En*tel"e*chy\, n. [L. entelechia, Gr. ?, prob. fr. ?
     ? ? to be complete; ? + ? completion, end + ? to have or
     hold.] (Peripatetic Philos.)
     An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in
     distinction from mere potential existence.
     [1913 Webster]