Definition of Impotint
Im"po*tent (?), a. [F. impotent,
L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not +
potens potent, powerful. See Potent.]
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.
3. (Med.) Wanting the power of
procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile;
barren.
Im"po*tent, n. One who is
impotent. [R.] Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
- Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless: “Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent” (Freeman J. Dyson).
- Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.
- Sterile (used of males).
- (obsolete) Lacking self-restraint.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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