potence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of potence
1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French < Latin potentia potency
Example Sentences
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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.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
Wolfe saw his aim, and sent Brigadier Townshend to counteract him with a regiment which was formed en potence, and supported by two battalions, presenting on the left a double front.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Irving, Washington
Thus I shall venture to use potence, in order to express a specific degree of a power, in imitation of the Algebraists.
From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
The vital significance of this new potence in blood to transform itself to milk for sustenance of offspring is emphasised by the fact that the Mammalia are warm-blooded creatures.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
In truth, the concentration of his thought on the fragment of stone had been enough of itself to give a talisman occult potence.
From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Baily, Waldron
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