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potencé /pōˈtən-sā/ (heraldry) adjective (of a cross) having limbs that terminate in a crossbar noun A figure in the shape of T ORIGIN: Fr, from potence2 potence2 /pōˈtəns/ noun- A gibbet (obsolete)
- A gibbet-shaped structure
- (in watchmaking) a bracket for supporting the lower pivot
- A revolving ladder in a dovecot
- A right-angled military formation
ORIGIN: Med L potentia a crutch potent1 /pōˈtənt/ adjective- Powerful
- Mighty
- Strongly influential
- Cogent
- (of a male) capable of erection, sexual intercourse, or ejaculation
noun (Shakespeare)A prince or potentate ORIGIN: L potēns, -entis, prp of posse to be able pōˈtency or (more rarely) pōˈtence noun - The quality of being potent
- Power
- Potentiality
- Strength or effectiveness, eg of a drug
- In a male, the ability to have sexual intercourse
- (potency) a wielder of power, a potentate
- (potency; of a point with respect to a circle) the rectangle between the segments into which a chord of the circle is divided at the point (geometry)
pōˈtentize or pōˈtentise transitive verb To make potent pōˈtently adverb |