Definitions for potence

potence po·tence

Spelling: [poht-ns]
IPA: /ˈpoʊt ns/

Potence is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in potence (ceenopt).

Definitions for potence

noun

  1. potency.

Origin of potence

1375-1425; late Middle English Old French Latin potentia potency

Examples for potence

Genius has never fruited to full bloom and potence, because the mothers have so seldom realised the greatness of their task.

The potence of the draught which they had forced through her lips, when she had been insensible, acted on her as an anodyne.

The first potence is matter and weight—the greatest preponderance of the object.

The second potence is light (A2), an inner—as weight is an outer—intuition of nature.

A rapid occupation Must start the needful perspiration, And through thy frame the liquor's potence fling.

The third potence is organism (A3), the common product of light and weight.

Then suddenly it waked, for the moon was sinking, and the charm had lost its potence.

Word Value for potence
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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