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[ adjective ] having the power to influence or convince
Examples "a cogent analysis of the problem" "potent arguments" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)More potent a charm to bring back that time_of_life than this record of a_few pictures and a_few remembered facts would be a catalogue of the minutiae which are of the very stuff of the mind , intrinsic , because they were known in_the_beginning not by the eye alone but by the hand that held them . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having or wielding force or authority
Synonyms Examples "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons" Used in print (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)The predicted interaction effect should , if potent , extend its influence over all academic achievement . The fact that such threat is potent in the beginning reading lessons is thought to be a vital factor in the continued pattern of failure or under-achievement these children exhibit . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having a strong physiological or chemical effect
Synonyms Examples "a potent toxin" "potent liquor" "a potent cup of tea" Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)Albert ( 1949 ) has concluded that the most active preparations of TSH made during this period , from 1931 to 1945 , were probably about 100 to 300 times as potent as the starting material . Related terms impotent equipotent multipotent effectual effective powerful fertile potency |
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