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Meaning of 'potent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Potent [ a.]
- 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.
2 . Potent [ n.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'potent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . potent [ a]
Meaning (1):
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
Example in sentence:
  • a potent cup of tea;
  • a potent toxin;
  • a stiff drink;
  • potent liquor
2 . potent [ s]
Meaning (2):
- having or wielding force or authority
Example in sentence:
  • providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons

Nearby Words:

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