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Definition of Impotent
1. Adjective. Lacking power or ability. "Felt impotent rage"
Also: Infertile, Sterile, Unfertile, Powerless
Similar to: Ineffective, Ineffectual, Unable, Impuissant
Derivative terms: Impotence, Impotency
Antonyms: Potent
2. Adjective. (of a male) unable to copulate.
Definition of Impotent
1. a. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.
2. n. One who is impotent.
Definition of Impotent
1. Adjective. Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak. ¹
2. Adjective. Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless ¹
3. Adjective. Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection. ¹
4. Adjective. (context: of a male) Sterile. ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) Lacking self-restraint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impotent
1. one that is powerless [n -S]
Medical Definition of Impotent
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1. 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)
2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. "Impotent of tongue, her silence broke." (Dryden)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Impotent
Literary usage of Impotent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sermons on Various Subjects, Evangelical, Devotional and Practical: Adapted by Joseph Lathrop (1809)
"In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting
for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain seaton ..."
2. The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New by Roger Bigelow Merriman (1918)
"In fact, down to the death of Henry the impotent, they did everything, short of
renouncing their rights to the succession, in order to maintain friendly ..."
3. Selection Adapted to the Seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year from the by John Henry Newman (1878)
"In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting
for the moving of the water,"—JOHN v. 2, 3. WHAT a scene of misery this ..."
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