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Impotent

Impotent Meaning & Definition
Impotent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impotent?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Impotent: ineffective | ineffectual | unable | weak

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See Also | infertile | powerless | unfertile

Impotent In Webster's Dictionary

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

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