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Webster 1913 Edition
Impotent
Im′po-tent
,Adj.
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! Shakespeare
Not slow to hear,
Nor
Nor
impotent
to save. Addison.
2.
Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.
Impotent
of tongue, her silence broke. Dryden.
Im′po-tent
,Noun.
One who is impotent.
[R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Impotent
IM'POTENT
,Adj.
1.
Weak; feeble; wanting strength or power; unable by nature, or disabled by disease or accident to perform any act. I know thou wast not slow to hear,
Nor impotent to save.
2.
Wanting the power of propagation, as males.3.
Wanting the power of restraint; not having the command over; as impotent of tongue.IM'POTENT
,Noun.