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