Potent

pō′tent, adj. strong: powerful in a physical or a moral sense: having great authority or influence.— n. a prince, potentate.— ns. Pō′tence , power: ( her. ) a marking of the shape of IMG:c305_ers_1908_Potence.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail_unscaled:Chambers_1908_Potence.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail_unscaled : in horology, the stud or counter bridge forming a step for the lower pivot of a verge (also Pō′tance ); Pō′tency , power: authority: influence; Pō′tentate , one who po e es power: a prince.— adj. Pōten′tial , powerful, efficacious: existing in po ibility, not in reality: ( gram. ) expre ing power, po ibility, liberty, or obligation.— n. anything that may be po ible: a po ibility: the name for a function in the mathematical theory of attractions: the power of a charge or current of electricity to do work.— n. Pōtential′ity .— adv. Pōten′tially .— n. Pōten′tiary , a person invested with power or influence.— v.t. Pōten′tiate , to give power to.— n. Pō′tentite , a blasting substance.— adv. Pō′tently .— n. Pō′tentne .— Potential energy , the power of doing work po e ed by a body in virtue of the stre es which result from its position relatively to other bodies. [L. potens — pot is , able, e e , to be.]