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potent definition

po·tent (pōt′'nt)

adjective

  1. having authority or power; mighty; influential a potent monarch
  2. convincing; cogent a potent argument
  3. effective or powerful in action, as a drug or drink
  4. able to have an erection and hence to engage in sexual intercourse

Etymology: L potens (gen. potentis), prp. of posse, to be able < potis, able (< IE base *potis, master, husband > Sans pāti, master) + esse, to be: see essence

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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