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Impotent \Im"po*tent\, a. [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not + potens potent, powerful. See Potent.]

1. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm. [1913 Webster]

There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet. --Acts xiv. 8. [1913 Webster]

O most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. [1913 Webster]

Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren; specifically, in males: unable to achieve or sustain a penile erection. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Impotent \Im"po*tent\, n. One who is impotent. [R.]

--Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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impotent adj
1: lacking power or ability; "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson; "felt impotent rage" [ant: potent]
2: (of a male) unable to copulate [ant: potent]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Impotent \Im"po*tent\, n. One who is imoitent. [R.]

--Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Impotent \Im"po*tent\, a. [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not + potens potent, powerful. See Potent.]

1. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.

There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet. --Acts xiv. 8.

O most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak.

Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. --Addison.

2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.

Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. --Dryden.

3. (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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