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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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