impotent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: impotent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for impotent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impotent adj lacking power or ability; "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson; "felt impotent rage" Antonym(s): potent, stiff, strong (of a male) unable to copulate Antonym(s): potent, virile
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impotent \Im"potent\, a. [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not + potens potent, powerful. See {Potent}.] 1. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm. There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent* inhis feet. --Acts xiv. 8. O most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak. Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. --Addison. 2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. --Dryden. 3. (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impotent \Im"po*tent\, n. One who is imoitent. [R.] --Shak.