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Potent   /pˈoʊtənt/   Listen
adjective
Potent  adj.  
1.
Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine. "Harsh and potent injuries." "Moses once more his potent rod extends."
2.
Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince. "A potent dukedom." "Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors."
3.
Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument.
Synonyms: Powerful; mighty; puissant; strong; able; efficient; forcible; efficacious; cogent; influential.


noun
Potent  n.  
1.
A prince; a potentate. (Obs.)
2.
A staff or crutch. (Obs.)
3.
(Her.) 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.
Counter potent (Her.), a fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches.





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"Potent" Quotes from Famous Books



... indeed fair; but, O Most Potent and Fearful Majesty, they have, one and all, most ...
— Frivolous Cupid • Anthony Hope
... knew what would become him better. But vanity is a potent motive: and his conscience, even when supported by La Tribe, struggled but weakly. From neither would he ...
— Count Hannibal - A Romance of the Court of France • Stanley J. Weyman
... women and men from all the country roundabout, smelling strongly of poultry. It was such a cold day that the bank was chilly and windows could not be raised. The aroma that arose before the wickets was indescribably potent. Evan felt his head swim and his stomach sicken. But work was behind him, pushing him along; he knew he must get through somehow. Filter was not able to handle the cash, especially on a market-day, and Evan would not have ...
— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen
... O potent saccharin! Thou chemic offspring of by-products coaly, Late comer on the culinary scene, To hail thy aid, although it may be lowly Even compared with beet; for thou hast been Employed in sweetening my roly-poly— Thou whom ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Nov. 28, 1917 • Various
... of the more potent chiefs may vie with the king in point of actual possessions, they fall very short in rank, and in certain marks of respect, which the collective body have agreed to pay the monarch. It is a particular privilege annexed to his sovereignty, not to be punctured nor circumcised, ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15 (of 18) • Robert Kerr


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