Antonyms for potence

Grammar : Noun

Spell : poht-ns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊt ns

Definition of potence

Origin : "potency," early 15c., from Old French potence "power," from Latin potentia (see potent).

noun strength

Example sentences :

The potence of the draught which they had forced through her lips, when she had been insensible, acted on her as an anodyne.
Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida

The third potence is organism (A3), the common product of light and weight.
Extract from : « A History of Philosophy in Epitome » by Albert Schwegler

The first potence is matter and weight—the greatest preponderance of the object.
Extract from : « A History of Philosophy in Epitome » by Albert Schwegler

The second potence is light (A2), an inner—as weight is an outer—intuition of nature.
Extract from : « A History of Philosophy in Epitome » by Albert Schwegler

Genius has never fruited to full bloom and potence, because the mothers have so seldom realised the greatness of their task.
Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy

A rapid occupation Must start the needful perspiration, And through thy frame the liquor's potence fling.
Extract from : « Faust » by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Then suddenly it waked, for the moon was sinking, and the charm had lost its potence.
Extract from : « My Friend the Chauffeur » by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

Synonyms for potence

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