Potentiate Definition

pə-tĕnshē-āt
potentiated, potentiates, potentiating
verb
To make (something, especially a drug or a metabolic or chemical reaction) effective or more effective.
American Heritage
To increase or multiply (the effect of a drug or toxin) by the preceding or simultaneous administration of another drug or toxin.
Webster's New World
To make something, especially a drug or a metabolic or chemical reaction, effective or more effective.
American Heritage Medicine

To endow with power.

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Wiktionary

Origin of Potentiate

  • From Latin potentia power potential

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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