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1. (adj.) potent
powerful; mighty.
2. potent
cogent; persuasive.
3. potent
producing powerful physical or chemical effects:
a potent drug.
4. potent
having or exercising great power or influence.
5. potent
(of a male) capable of sexual intercourse.
6. (adj.) potent
(of a heraldic cross) having a crosspiece at the extremity of each arm.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME potente crutch, var. of potence < F crutch, support < ML potentia, L: power, potency)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) potent, powerful
having great influence
2. (adj) potent, strong
having or wielding force or authority
"providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
3. (adj) potent, strong, stiff
having a strong physiological or chemical effect
"a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
4. (adj) potent, virile
(of a male) capable of copulation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) potent
producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine
2. (adj) potent
having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince
3. (adj) potent
powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument
4. (noun) potent
a prince; a potentate
5. (noun) potent
a staff or crutch
6. (noun) potent
one of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned
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Sense: powerful; strong
a potent drink.
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 Afrikaans: potent |
 Arabic: قوي، فَعّال |
 Bulgarian: силен |
 Brazilian: potente |
 Czech: silný, mocný |
 German: stark |
 Danish: kraftig |
 Greek: δυνατός |
 Spanish: potente |
 Estonian: tõhus, kange |
 Farsi: قوی؛ نیرومند |
 Finnish: voimakas |
 French: puissant |
 Hebrew: חָזָק |
 Hindi: प्रबल |
 Croatian: moćan, jako |
 Hungarian: erős |
 Indonesian: kuat |
 Icelandic: öflugur |
 Italian: potente, forte |
 Japanese: 強力な |
 Korean: 강력한; 알코올분이 강한 |
 Lithuanian: stiprus, galingas |
 Latvian: stiprs; spēcīgs |
 Malay: kuat |
 Dutch: krachtig, sterk |
 Norwegian: sterk, mektig, kraftig |
 Polish: mocny |
 Persian: قوی؛ نیرومند |
 Pashto: غښتلى، قوى |
 Portuguese: forte |
 Romanian: tare |
 Russian: сильный; крепкий |
 Slovak: silný |
 Slovenian: močan |
 Serbian: snažan |
 Swedish: mäktig, kraftig, stark, p |
 Thai: มีพลัง |
 Turkish: kuvvetli |
 Taiwanese: 有力的，濃烈的 |
 Ukrainian: сильнодіючий; міцний |
 Urdu: طاقت ور |
 Vietnamese: có uy lực |
 Chinese: 有力的，烈性的 |
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