po·ten·ti·ate   (pə-těn'shē-āt')    tr.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). [From Latin potentia, power; see potential.] po·ten'ti·a'tion n.

Main Entry: po·ten·ti·ate
Pronunciation: p&-'ten-chE-"At
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed;-at·ing
: to make effective or active or more effective or more active; also : to augment the activity of (as a drug) synergistically —po·ten·ti·a·tion /-"ten-chE-'A-sh&n/ noun

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

1. To make potent or powerful.

2. To enhance or increase the effect of a drug.

3. To promote or strengthen a biochemical or physiological action or effect.

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po·ten'ti·a'tion n.