Definitions for potent
ˈpoʊt ntpo·tent

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. potent, powerful(adj)

   having great influence

2. potent, strong(adj)

   having or wielding force or authority

   "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

3. potent, strong, stiff(adj)

   having a strong physiological or chemical effect

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

4. potent, virile(adj)

   (of a male) capable of copulation

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. potent(Adjective)

   Possessing strength

2. potent(Adjective)

   Being effective in small quantities.

3. potent(Adjective)

   Having a sharp or offensive taste.

4. potent(Adjective)

   able to procreate.

5. potent(Adjective)

   very powerful or effective.

Origin: From potens, present participle of posse, from potis.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Potent(adj)

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

2. Potent(adj)

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

3. Potent(adj)

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

4. Potent(noun)

   a prince; a potentate

5. Potent(noun)

   a staff or crutch

6. Potent(noun)

   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

Origin: [See Potence.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.) a marking of the shape of : 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.]

How to pronounce potent?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Bryan Fry:

   It's potent but very precise.

2. Thabiso Monkoe:

   Knowledge is the most potent weapon

3. Igor Stravinsky:

   What force is more potent than love?

4. Noël Coward:

   Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

5. Stephen Nachmanovitch:

   The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

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