impotent
impotent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 3.(Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.
- 4.One who is imoitent. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is o most lame and impotent conclusion! Shak. Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. Addison called?
- What is wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. Dryden called?
- What is wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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