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Sovereignty. [Obs.]

One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch. The blessed and only potentate. 1 Tim. vi. 15. Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones. Milton.

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] "And hath in his effect a voice potential." Shak.

The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

With power; potently. [Obs.]

To render active or potent. Coleridge.

An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive forces.

To render the latent power of (anything) available. Dunglison.

With great force or energy; powerfully; efficaciously. "You are potently opposed." Shak.

The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness; potency; efficacy.

Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preëxistent state. Pope.

The theory of a preëxistence of souls before their association with human bodies. Emerson.

Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant. Plaifere.

Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. -- Pre*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Pre*ten"tious*ness, n.

Bending or flying back; reflected. "The ray descendent, and the ray reflectent flying with so great a speed." Sir K. Digby.

Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.

or the effect of it; acting against impluse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." Ray.

That which is retained. Hickok.

The power of retaining; retentiveness. No woman's heart So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. Shak.