potent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: potent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for potent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potent adj having great influence Synonym(s): potent, powerful having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons" Synonym(s): potent, strong having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" Synonym(s): potent, strong, stiff Antonym(s): impotent (of a male) capable of copulation Synonym(s): potent, virile Antonym(s): impotent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Potent \Po"tent\, n. 1. A prince; a potentate. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. [See {Potence}.] A staff or crutch. [Obs.] 3. (Her.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned. {Counter potent} (Her.), a fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Potent \Po"tent\, a. [L. potens, -entis, p. pr. of posse to be able, to have power, fr. potis able, capable (akin to Skr. pati master, lord) + esse to be. See {Host} a landlord, {Am}, and cf. {Despot}, {Podesta}, {Possible}, {Power}, {Puissant}.] 1. Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine. [bd]Harsh and potent injuries.[b8] --Shak. Moses once more his potent rod extends. --Milton. 2. Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince. [bd]A potent dukedom.[b8] --Shak. Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors. --Shak. 3. Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument. {Cross potent}. (Her.) See Illust. (7) of {Cross}. Syn: Powerful; mighty; puissant; strong; able; efficient; forcible; efficacious; cogent; influential.