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Definition of Overpotent
1. a. Too potent or powerful.
Definition of Overpotent
1. Adjective. Too potent or powerful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overpotent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpotent
Literary usage of Overpotent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1892)
"... because sometime there is cunning used to frame them according to the private
intents of men overpotent in the commonwealth ; so the grievous abuse ..."
2. Selections in English Prose from Elizabeth to Victoria (1580-1880). by James Mercer Garnett (1890)
"... because sometime there is cunning used to frame them according to the private
intents of men overpotent in the commonwealth; so the grievous abuse which ..."
3. From Chaucer to Arnold: Types of Literary Art in Prose and Verse; an by Andrew Jackson George (1898)
"... because sometime there is cunning used to frame them according to the private
intents of men overpotent in the commonwealth; so the grievous abuse which ..."
4. A relation of the conference betweene William Lawd ... and mr. Fisher. With by William Laud, John Percy (1839)
"And all men of understanding know how oft and how easily an overpotent member
carries the whole with it in any body, natural, politic, or ecclesiastical. ..."
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