The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counter potent
Potent \Po"tent\, n.
A prince; a potentate. [Obs.]
--Shak.[See Potence.] A staff or crutch. [Obs.]
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(Her.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned.
Counter potent (Her.), a fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches.
Usage examples of "counter potent".
Magic killed her friends, but she knew of no special power in human tears to counter potent sorcery.