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potent

adj
/ˈpəʊt(ə)nt/UK/ˈpoʊt(ə)nt/CA/ˈpəʉt(ə)nt/

Etymology

From Middle English potent, borrowed from Latin potens, potentis (“powerful, strong, potent”), present participle of posse (“to be able”), from potis (“able, powerful, originally a lord, master”).

  1. derived from potens — “powerful, strong, potent”
  2. inherited from potent

Definitions

  1. Powerful

    Powerful; possessing power; effective.

    • harsh and potent injuries
    • Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.

  2. Able to procreate.

  3. Able to differentiate.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A prince

      A prince; a potentate.

      • Cry, havock , kings! back to the stained field, You equal potents

    2. A staff or crutch.

    3. A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.

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Derived

biopotent, bipotent, immunopotent, monopotent, nullipotent, overpotent, polypotent, potentiary, potentization, potentize, potently, potentness, potent potable, repotentise, subpotent, superpotent, ultrapotent, counter-potent, cross potent, equipotent, idempotent, multipotent, nilpotent, oligopotent, omnipotent, pluripotent, totipotent, unipotent, ventripotent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA