potencé /pōˈtən-sā/ (heraldry)

(of a cross) having limbs that terminate in a crossbar

A figure in the shape of T

potence² /pōˈtəns/

1. A gibbet (obsolete)
2. A gibbet-shaped structure
3. (in watchmaking) a bracket for supporting the lower pivot
4. A revolving ladder in a dovecot
5. A right-angled military formation

potent¹ /pōˈtənt/

1. Powerful
2. Mighty
3. Strongly influential
4. Cogent
5. (of a male) capable of erection, sexual intercourse, or ejaculation

A prince or potentate

pōˈtency or (more rarely) pōˈtence noun

1. The quality of being potent
2. Power
3. Potentiality
4. Strength or effectiveness, eg of a drug
5. In a male, the ability to have sexual intercourse
6. (potency) a wielder of power, a potentate
7. (potency; of a point with respect to a circle) the rectangle between the segments into which a chord of the circle is divided at the point (geometry)

pōˈtentize or pōˈtentise transitive verb

To make potent

pōˈtently adverb

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