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potent 音标拼音: [p'otənt] a. 有力的,有效的 有力的,有效的 potent adj 1: having great influence [ synonym: { potent}, { powerful}] 2: having or wielding force or authority; " providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons" [ synonym: { potent}, { strong}] 3: having a strong physiological or chemical effect; " a potent toxin"; " potent liquor"; " a potent cup of tea", " a stiff drink" [ synonym: { potent}, { strong}, { stiff}] [ ant: { impotent}] 4: ( of a male) capable of copulation [ synonym: { potent}, { virile}] [ ant: { impotent}] Potent \ Po" tent\, n. 1. A prince; a potentate. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. [ See { Potence}.] A staff or crutch. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] { Counter potent} ( Her.), a fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches. [ 1913 Webster]
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. " Harsh and potent injuries." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Moses once more his potent rod extends. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince. " A potent dukedom." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument. [ 1913 Webster] { Cross potent}. ( Her.) See Illust. ( 7) of { Cross}. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Powerful; mighty; puissant; strong; able; efficient; forcible; efficacious; cogent; influential. [ 1913 Webster] 145 Moby Thesaurus words for " potent": absolute, amorous, armipotent, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, beefy, bouncing, broad- shouldered, carnal, charismatic, charming, clothed with authority, cogent, commanding, compelling, competent, concentrated, consequential, considerable, controlling, convincing, dominant, doughty, duly constituted, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, eminent, empowered, enchanting, energetic, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, erotogenic, estimable, ex officio, fleshly, forceful, forcible, forcy, formidable, full- blooded, full- bodied, full- strength, gamic, governing, great, gutsy, gutty, hairychested, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, he- mannish, hearty, hefty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heterosexual, high- potency, high- powered, high- pressure, high- tension, husky, imperative, important, impressive, in force, in power, influential, iron- hard, irresistible, leading, libidinal, lusty, macho, magnetic, mighty, mighty in battle, momentous, monocratic, nervy, nuptial, obstinate, official, operative, oversexed, personable, persuasive, powerful, preeminent, prepotent, prestigious, procreative, prominent, puissant, ranking, red- blooded, reputable, robust, robustious, rugged, ruling, senior, sensual, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexy, sound, stalwart, steely, stout, straight, strapping, striking, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong- willed, sturdy, suasive, substantial, superior, supreme, telling, totalitarian, ultramasculine, undersexed, valid, venereal, vigorous, virile, viripotent, vital, voluptuous, weighty, winning
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