Meaning of potent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Powerful; possessing power; effective.
2. (of a heraldic cross) having a crosspiece at the extremity of each arm.
3. Possessing authority or influence; persuasive, convincing.
4. powerful; strong. a potent drink. potent قوي، فَعّال силен potente silný, mocný stark kraftig δυνατόςpotente tõhus, kange قوی؛ نیرومند voimakas puissantחזק प्रबल moćan, jako erős kuat öflugur potente, forte 強力な 강력한; 알코올분이 강한 stiprus, galingas stiprs; spēcīgs kuat krachtig, sterksterk, mektig, kraftigmocny غښتلى، قوى forte tare сильный; крепкий silný močan snažan mäktig, kraftig, stark, potent มีพลัง kuvvetli 有力的，濃烈的 сильнодіючий; міцний طاقت ور có uy lực 有力的，烈性的
5. Possessing strong physical or chemical properties.
6. potensie فَعّاليَّه сила potência síla die Stärke kraft; styrke; magt ισχύςpotencia võimsus توانایی؛ قدرت voima puissanceחוזק शक्ति, सामर्थ्य, प्रभ-विष्णुता snaga, učinak, djelovanje hatalom, tekintély; erő; potencia kekuatan kraftur potenza 力 효능 galia, potencija potence; spēja kemujaraban kracht, sterktekraft, makt, potenswigor غښتلتيا، زور potência putere сила; крепость sila moč potencija makt, kraft, styrka, potens ศักยภาพ kuvvet 力量 дієвість, ефективність طاقت uy lực 力量
7. Able to procreate.
8. potente, fuerte; eficaz, que posse potencia.
9. Able to differentiate.
10. Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
11. Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects: potent liquor; a potent toxin.
12. Having great control or authority: "The police were potent only so long as they were feared" (Thomas Burke).
13. Able to achieve and maintain an erection that allows for sexual intercourse. Used of a male.
14. possessing great strength; powerful
15. (of arguments, etc) persuasive or forceful

Equivalents

Examples

“harsh and potent injuries”

“Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.”

“When the party reach the bridegroom's house on their return, his mother and the other women come out, and burn a little mustard and human hair in a lamp, the unpleasant smell emitted by these articles being considered potent to drive away evil spirits.”

“Still today, 400 years on, they remain potent wounds indeed: “When I think of what Oñate did to the Acoma Pueblo,” said a member of Sandia Pueblo in 1998 during the fourth centennial of his conquest, “I have a vision of Indian men lined up to have one foot cut off.””

“a potent argument”

“Moses once more his potent rod extends.”

“Moreover, her going was a sufficient reason for Hortense accompanying her; and Mazarin hoped as much from her beautiful face as from all the other potent reasons with which he had charged his negotiators.”

“a potent drink; a potent solvent; a potent medicine”

“Richardson took over, and Mitchell proceeded to the refreshment room in his turn, but when he came back some ten minutes later, it was evident that he had been indulging in something more potent than coffee, and he was in a very muddled state.”

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