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plenipotent, a. (n.) rare.|plɪˈnɪpətənt|
[ad. late L. plēnipotens, -potent-em (Priscian c 500), f. L. plēn-us full + potens potent.]
Invested with or possessing full power or authority.
1658J. Robinson Endoxa i. 18 A company of faithful..may, with a plenipotent Octroy or Concession, claim priviledge. 1667Milton P.L. x. 405 My Substitutes I send ye, and Create Plenipotent on Earth, of matchless might Issuing from mee. 1795Southey Let. to G. C. Bedford 22 Aug., And now will you permit me..to be corrector plenipotent? 1839J. Rogers Antipopopr. xiii. §1. 284 Convinced that they have God's plenipotent commission.
b. as n. A person possessing full authority; a plenipotentiary.
1818Milman Samor 93 Before the assemblage proud Speaks frank and bold that gray Plenipotent. |