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UK
/pˈəʊtəns/
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NOUN
- the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
How To Use potence In A Sentence
- Mr. Alcott , a lady near me desires to inquire whether omnipotence abnegates attribute?
- Now, while our _idea of God_ thus tells us that God has in his hand all causal chains in the world, and its million-threaded web in constant omni-surveying presence and in all-controlling omnipotence, our reflection on the _world_ and its substance and course also leads us from the _a posteriori_ starting-point of analytical investigation precisely to the same result; it even leads us to a still more concrete conception of this idea -- namely, to the result, that not only the _causal chains, in their totality and in their web_, but also _all single links_ of these chains, The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
- Politicians have very accurately gauged the impotence of writers; they don't give a damn for their opinions.
- In the mean time they pass for the mandatories of the popular sovereign, with full power in all directions, because he has delegated his omnipotence to them, and the sole power, because their investiture is the most recent; under this sanction, they stalk around somewhat like supernumeraries at the Opera, dressed in purple and gold, representing The French Revolution - Volume 2
- The themes of transvestism, impotence, and homosexuality were a lot more risque back then than they are now.
- Emphasis on the omnipotence of God is still more pronounced in the writings of William of Ockham.
- Drowsiness, impaired cognitive function, and impotence may be a problem with higher doses.
- No wonder therefore, since glory itself is able thus to stretch a man to a kind of omnipresence, if the desire of glory has over his life and actions a kind of omnipotence. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V.
- Their discoveries about managerial work and their feelings of impotence made it a very unnerving prospect.
- Or is sexual intimacy such an important part of an adult relationship that impotence should be viewed as a problem that should and now can be cured?