Potence

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Power or strength; potency. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse wordnet
  3. 3
    A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock. countable, uncountable

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authoritybeefblack powerbrute forcechargecharisma

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French potence (“power, a crutch”), from Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”), from potens (“powerful”); see potent.

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