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po⋅tent

1  [poht-nt]
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–adjective
1. powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
2. cogent; persuasive: Several potent arguments were in his favor.
3. producing powerful physical or chemical effects: a potent drug.
4. having or exercising great power or influence: a potent factor in the economy.
5. (of a male) capable of sexual intercourse.
Origin:
1490–1500; < L potent- (s. of potēns), prp. of posse to be able, have power; see -ent

Related forms:
po⋅tent⋅ly, adverb
po⋅tent⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. strong, puissant. See powerful. 4. influential.

Antonyms:
1. weak. 4. ineffectual.
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po⋅tent

2  [poht-nt] Heraldry.
–noun
1. a fur having a pattern of T-shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
2. a T-shaped form used in potent or counterpotent.
–adjective
3. (of a cross) having a crosspiece at the extremity of each arm: a cross potent.
Origin:
1325–75; ME potente crutch, var. of potence < F crutch, support < ML potentia, L: power, potency
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po·tent   (pōt'nt)   
adj.  

  1. Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.

    1. Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects: potent liquor; a potent toxin.

    2. Exerting or capable of exerting strong influence; cogent: potent arguments.

  3. Having great control or authority: "The police were potent only so long as they were feared" (Thomas Burke).

  4. Able to perform sexual intercourse. Used of a male.


[Middle English, from Latin potēns, potent-, present participle of posse, to be able; see poti- in Indo-European roots.]
po'tent·ly adv., po'tent·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

potent 
c.1500, from L. potentem (nom. potens) "powerful," prp. of *potere "be powerful," from potis "powerful, able, capable" (cognate with Skt. patih "master, husband," Gk. posis, Lith. patis "husband"). Meaning "having sexual power" is first recorded 1899. Potency is attested from 1539, from L. potentia "power," from potentem "potent."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: po·tent
Pronunciation: 'pOt-&nt
Function: adjective
1 : having force or power
2 : chemicallyor medicinally effective potent vaccine>
3 : able to copulate —usually used of the male —po·tent·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

potent po·tent (pōt'nt)
adj.

  1. Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects.

  2. Able to perform sexual intercourse. Used of a male.

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