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potents

potents is the plural of potent.

Meaning of potent

Noun

potent (plural potents)

  1. (obsolete) A prince; a potentate.
    • Cry, havock , kings! back to the stained field, You equal potentsc. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (obsolete) A staff or crutch.
  3. A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.

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Questions about potents

What is potents the plural of?
Potents is the plural of potent.

Words near potents in the dictionary

  1. potentized
  2. potentizes
  3. potentizing
  4. potently
  5. potentness
  6. potents
  7. potenty
  8. potenté
  9. Potenza
  10. poteriid
  11. poteriids

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