potency
Collocations
4(noun.)
ADJ
sexual
The doctor explained that stress can reduce sexual potency in both men and women.
VERB + POTENCY
increase | affect | lose
Definitions
noun
Power, authority.
I would to heauen I had your potencie, And you were Isabell: should it then be thus? No: I would tell what 'twere to be a Iudge, and what a prisoner.
The doctor is the modern master of the mythological realm, the knower of all the secret ways and words of potency.
The ability or capacity to perform something
The ability or capacity to perform something
Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.
Concentration; strength
Potentiality, ability, capacity.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
noun — the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- authority
- authorization
- authorisation
- dominance
- say-so
noun — the state of being potent
- potence
noun — the inherent capacity for coming into being
Antonyms
- impotence
- impotency
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6I would to heauen I had your potencie, And you were Isabell: should it then be thus? No: I would tell what 'twere to be a Iudge, and what a prisoner.
WiktionaryThe doctor is the modern master of the mythological realm, the knower of all the secret ways and words of potency.
WiktionaryPliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.
WiktionaryExpired medicine may lose its potency.
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