Potent
Potent , adjective
[Latin potens, -entis, present participle of posse to be able, to have power, from potis able, capable (akin to Sanskrit pati master, lord) + esse to be. See Host a landlord, Am, and compare Despot, Podesta, Possible, Power, Puissant.]
1.
Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine.
Harsh and potent injuries.
Moses once more his potent rod extends.
2.
Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince.
A potent dukedom.
Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors.
3.
Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument.
Collocations (1)
Potent , noun
1.
A prince; a potentate. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
2.
A staff or crutch. [Obsolete]
3.
(Heraldry) 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.
Collocations (1)
Counter potent (Heraldry) , a fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches.