What does potent mean?
Definitions for potent
ˈpoʊt ntpo·tent
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Princeton's WordNet
potent, powerfuladjective
having great influence
potent, strongadjective
having or wielding force or authority
"providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
potent, strong, stiffadjective
having a strong physiological or chemical effect
"a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
potent, virileadjective
(of a male) capable of copulation
Wiktionary
potentadjective
Possessing strength
potentadjective
Being effective in small quantities.
potentadjective
Having a sharp or offensive taste.
potentadjective
able to procreate.
potentadjective
very powerful or effective.
Etymology: From potens, present participle of posse, from potis.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
POTENTadjective
Etymology: potens, Latin.
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.
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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 Dictionary
Potentadjective
producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine
Potentadjective
having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince
Potentadjective
powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument
Potentnoun
a prince; a potentate
Potentnoun
a staff or crutch
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
Etymology: [See Potence.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of potent in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of potent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of potent in a Sentence
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton:
The federal government's stated inability to run effective background checks on these refugees, entering the United States from one of the world's most potent hotbeds of terrorism, puts all Texans at risk.
Conditions will continue to deteriorate the rest of the afternoon and overnight, this is a very potent storm.
The ERA's not tied in any way to the status quo version of equality, and in that sense, it should cover forms of discrimination that may be unintentional but quite potent.
This isn't what Karim Ladha granddaddy used to smoke at Woodstock ; this is highly potent.
This might mean if we intervene early, these kids will not have to take medication down the road, this is a very big deal because these medicines are potent, very potent, and work, but have side effects. A lot of parents don’t want to give them to their child.
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