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Definition of: impotent
(im′pə·tənt) adjective
1. Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual; not potent; weak; feeble.
2. Destitute of sexual power: said usually of the male; also, occasionally, barren; sterile.
3. Lacking in self–control. [<OF <L impotens, -entis <in- not + potens. See POTENT.]
—im′po·tent·ly adverb
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