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potence

[poht-ns]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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Origin of potence¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French < Latin potentia potency

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Genius has never fruited to full bloom and potence, because the mothers have so seldom realised the greatness of their task.

Of earth the bold, Where the blind matter wrings An awful potence out of impotence, Bowing the spiritual things To the things of sense.

This is the theory of the importance of the individual, raised, so to speak, to its very highest potence.

Infinite in essence, we crave it in potence.

All organic forms are at bottom but one organization, and the inorganic world shows the same formative activity in various degrees or potences.

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