pot estateł (potestat)

[ Whilom ther was an irous potestat . Chaucer , Summoner's Tale, 1. 309. Still hee stood a pot estate at sea. Marston , What you Will, i. 1. pote stative (põʻtes-tā-tiv), a. [= F. pot est at if = Sp. Pg. potestativo; ing power, L. potesta (t-)s, power: see potes tate.] Authoritative; befitting a ruler or potentate. [Rare.] So I might contemplate him [Christ] in a judiciary posture, in a pote stative , a sovereign posture, sitting, and consider him as able, as willing to relieve me. Donne , Sermons, xi. Pote stative condition. See conditional obligation , under conditional .