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Definition of: potent
(pōt′nt) adjective
1. Physically powerful; able to accomplish material results; efficacious: a potent drug.
2. Morally powerful; of a character to influence; convincing: a potent argument.
3. Having great authority: a potent prince.
4. Sexually competent; able to procreate. See synonyms under POWERFUL. [<L potens, -entis, ppr. of posse be able, have power <potis able + esse be]
—po′tent·ly adverb
—po′tent·ness noun
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