po´tent|ness

po´tent|ness
po|tent «POH tuhnt», adjective.
1. having great power; powerful; strong: »

a potent ruler, a potent remedy for a disease, potent reasons.

SYNONYM(S): mighty.
2. exercising great moral influence: »

if bravery be the most potent charm to win the favor of the fair (Francis Parkman). His good deeds had a potent effect on his comrades.

3. capable of having sexual intercourse.
4. Heraldry. (of a cross) having arms that end in a form like the head of a crutch.
╂[< Latin potēns, -entis, present participle of unrecorded Old Latin potēre be powerful, able < potis powerful]
–po´tent|ly, adverb.
–po´tent|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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