GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Impotent (?), 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.
   
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   There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet. Acts xiv. 8.
   
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   O most lame and impotent conclusion! Shak.
   
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   Not slow to hear,
   
   Nor impotent to save. Addison.
   
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   2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.
   
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   Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. Dryden.
   
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   3. (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren; specifically, in males: unable to achieve or sustain a penile erection.
   
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   Impotent, n. One who is impotent. [R.]  Shak.
   
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