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.
© Webster 1913.
Im"po*tent, n. One who is imoitent. [R.]
Shak.
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