| Potent (potent) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Po"tent |
| [L. potens, -
entis, p. pr. of posse to be able, to have power, fr.
potis able, capable (akin to Skr. pati master, lord) +
esse to be. See Host a landlord, Am, and cf.
Despot, Podesta |
Producing great physical
effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent
medicine.
Having great authority, control, or
dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent
prince.
Powerful, in an intellectual or moral
sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a
potent argument.
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A
prince; a potentate.
A staff or
crutch.
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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