Definitions for potent
ˈpoʊt ntpo·tent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. potent, powerfuladjective

   having great influence

2. potent, strongadjective

   having or wielding force or authority

   "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

3. potent, strong, stiffadjective

   having a strong physiological or chemical effect

   "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"

4. potent, virileadjective

   (of a male) capable of copulation

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. potentadjective

   Possessing strength

2. potentadjective

   Being effective in small quantities.

3. potentadjective

   Having a sharp or offensive taste.

4. potentadjective

   able to procreate.

5. potentadjective

   very powerful or effective.

6. Etymology: From potens, present participle of posse, from potis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. POTENTadjective

   Etymology: potens, Latin.

   1. Powerful; forcible; strong; efficacious.

   There is nothing more contagious than some kinds of harmony; than some nothing more strong and potent unto good. Richard Hooker.

   Why stand these royal fronts amazed thus?
   Cry havock, kings; back to the stained field,
   You equal potents, fiery kindled spirits! William Shakespeare.

   I do believe,
   Induc’d by potent circumstances, that
   You are mine enemy. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Here’s another
   More potent than the first. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   One would wonder how, from so differing premisses, they should infer the same conclusion, were it not that the conspiration of interest were too potent for the diversity of judgment. Decay of Piety.

   When by command
   Moses once more his potent rod extends
   Over the sea; the sea his rod obeys. John Milton.

   Verses are the potent charms we use,
   Heroick thoughts and virtue to infuse. Edmund Waller.

   The magistrate cannot urge obedience upon such potent grounds, as the minister can urge disobedience. South.

   How the effluvia of a magnet can be so rare and subtile, as to pass through a plate of glass without any resistance or diminution of their force, and yet so potent as to turn a magnetick needle through the glass. Isaac Newton, Opticks.

   The chemical preparations are more vigorous and potent in their effects than the galenical. Thomas Baker.

   Cyclop, since human flesh has been thy feast,
   Now drain this goblet potent to digest. Alexander Pope.

   2. Having great authority or dominion: as, potent monarchs.

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1. potent

   Potent refers to having great power, influence, or effect; it also can mean having a strong medicinal or chemical effect. It is typically used to signify strength or effectiveness in various contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Potentadjective

   producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine

2. Potentadjective

   having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince

3. Potentadjective

   powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument

4. Potentnoun

   a prince; a potentate

5. Potentnoun

   a staff or crutch

6. Potentnoun

   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

7. Etymology: [See Potence.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Potent

   pō′tent, adj. strong: powerful in a physical or a moral sense: having great authority or influence.—n. a prince, potentate.—ns. Pō′tence, power: (her.): in horology, the stud or counterbridge forming a step for the lower pivot of a verge (also Pō′tance); Pō′tency, power: authority: influence; Pō′tentate, one who possesses power: a prince.—adj. Pōten′tial, powerful, efficacious: existing in possibility, not in reality: (gram.) expressing power, possibility, liberty, or obligation.—n. anything that may be possible: a possibility: the name for a function in the mathematical theory of attractions: the power of a charge or current of electricity to do work.—n. Pōtential′ity.—adv. Pōten′tially.—n. Pōten′tiary, a person invested with power or influence.—v.t. Pōten′tiate, to give power to.—n. Pō′tentite, a blasting substance.—adv. Pō′tently.—n. Pō′tentness.—Potential energy, the power of doing work possessed by a body in virtue of the stresses which result from its position relatively to other bodies. [L. potens—potis, able, esse, to be.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of potent in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of potent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of potent in a Sentence

1. General Nagata:

   The US counterterrorism community has long held that the use of a biological agent of some kind for a major terrorist attack is not a matter of if, but when, the likelihood of a future terrorist using a highly potent, clandestinely produced, difficult to detect/identify/track, easily transportable and dispersible, and quite lethal biological weapon is rising significantly.

2. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   Words -- so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

3. Stephen Brennock:

   Oil prices are touching fresh multi-year highs as robust demand prospects coupled with a tense geopolitical backdrop make for a potent bullish cocktail.

4. Todd Humphreys:

   The distressing truth is that even consumer-grade drones can be rigged to carry out potent attacks.

5. Adam Schiff:

   At this point, we still can't corroborate the theory that terrorism brought it down or there was some structural problem with the plane, certainly, the backdrop is suggestive of terrorism in the sense that we have the Russian plane in Sharm el-Sheikh and we have the aspiration we've seen time and time again, not only of ISIL( Islamic State) now but of AQAP( al Qaeda), still very potent and still very determined to bring down aircraft.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=potent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Potent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=potent
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potent
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=potent