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potentiate

[puh-ten-shee-eyt]

verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

to cause to be potent; make powerful.

to increase the effectiveness of; intensify.

Origin:
1810–20; < Latin potenti(a) power (see potency) + -ate¹

Related forms

po·ten·ti·a·tion, noun

po·ten·ti·a·tor, noun

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potentiate (pəˈtɛnʃɪˌeɪt)

—vb
1.	to cause to be potent
2.	med to increase (the individual action or effectiveness) of two drugs by administering them in combination with each other

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potentiate po·ten·ti·ate (pə-těn'shē-āt')
v. po·ten·ti·at·ed, po·ten·ti·at·ing, po·ten·ti·ates

To make potent or powerful.
To enhance or increase the effect of a drug.
To promote or strengthen a biochemical or physiological action or effect.

po·ten'ti·a'tion n.

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