potent
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin potens (“powerful, strong, potent”), present participle of posse (“to be able”), from potis (“able, powerful, originally a lord, master”).
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potent (comparative more potent, superlative most potent)
- Possessing strength
- Being effective in small quantities.
- Having a sharp or offensive taste.
- (of a male) able to procreate.
- very powerful or effective.
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- potent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- potent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Latin
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pōtent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of pōtō
[edit] Romanian
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From Latin potēns, potentis.
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potent
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potent
- potent, being effective in small quantities.
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Declension of potent
