Crossword clues for potence
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Potence \Po"tence\, n. [F., fr. LL. potentia staff, crutch, L.,
might, power. See Potency.]
Potency; capacity. [R.]
--Sir W. Hamilton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"potency," early 15c., from Old French potence "power," from Latin potentia (see potent).
Wiktionary
n. 1 power or strength; potency 2 A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock
Usage examples of "potence".
As the Inferior man ascends from the lowest matter even to the First Cause, so the Superior Adam descends from the Simple and Infinite Act, even to the lowest and most attenuated Potence.
The unexpected, lurid death of Lannes-- Rigid as iron, reaped down like a straw-- Tiptoed Assassination haunting round In unthought thoroughfares, the near success Of Staps the madman, argue to forbid The riskful blood of my previsioned line And potence for dynastic empery To linger vialled in my veins alone.