[en.tel.e.chy] n, pl -chies [LL entelechia, fr. Gk entelecheia, fr. enteles complete (fr. en-
[2]en- + telos end) + echein to have--more at wheel, scheme] (1603) 1: the actualization of form-giving cause as contrasted with potential existence
2: a hypothetical agency not demonstrable by scientific methods that in some vitalist doctrines is considered an inherent regulating and directing force in the development and functioning of an organism