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om⋅nip⋅o⋅tent

  [om-nip-uh-tuhnt]
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–adjective
1. almighty or infinite in power, as God.
2. having very great or unlimited authority or power.
–noun
3. an omnipotent being.
4. the Omnipotent, God.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < L omnipotent- (s. of omnipotēns), equiv. to omni- omni- + potent- (see potent 1 )

Related forms:
om⋅nip⋅o⋅tent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. powerful, mighty, supreme.

Antonyms:
2. impotent, powerless, helpless.
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om·nip·o·tent   (ŏm-nĭp'ə-tənt)   
adj.  Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful. See Usage Note at infinite.
n.  
  1. One having unlimited power or authority: the bureaucratic omnipotents.
  2. Omnipotent God. Used with the.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotent- : omni-, omni- + potēns, present participle of posse, to be able; see poti- in Indo-European roots.]
om·nip'o·tence, om·nip'o·ten·cy n., om·nip'o·tent·ly adv.
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Omnipotent

Om*nip"o*tent\, a. [F., fr.L. omnipotens, -entis; omnis all + potens powerful, potent. See Potent.]

1. Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent.

God's will and pleasure and his omnipotent power. --Sir T. More.

2. Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as, omnipotent love. --Shak.

The Omnipotent, The Almighty; God. --Milton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : omnipotent
Spanish: omnipotente,
German: allmächtig,
Japanese: 全能の
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omnipotent 
c.1314, from O.Fr. omnipotent (11c.), from L. omnipotentem (nom. omnipotens) "all-powerful, almighty," from omnis "all" (see omni-) + potens (gen. potentis) "powerful" (see potent). Strictly only of God or a deity; general sense of "having absolute power or authority" is attested from 1598.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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