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omnipotent

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om⋅nip⋅o⋅tent

  [om-nip-uh-tuhnt]
–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.
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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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Word Origin & History

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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