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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impotent  \Im"po*tent\,  n. 
  One  who  is  imoitent  [R.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impotent  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impotent 
  adj  1:  lacking  power  or  ability;  "Technology  without  morality  is 
  barbarous;  morality  without  technology  is  impotent"- 
  Freeman  J.Dyson;  "felt  impotent  rage"  [ant:  {potent}] 
  2:  (of  a  male)  unable  to  copulate  [ant:  {potent}] 




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