01 a. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; f…
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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.
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Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.“Impotent of tongue, her silence broke.” — Dryden.
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Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren;(Med.)