{ } n. [ L. impotenia inability, poverty, lack of moderation. See Impotent. ] 1. The quality or condition of being impotent; lack of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, impotence of mind in body strong! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lack of self-restraint or self-control. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law & Med.) Lack of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness; specifically, in males: the inability to achieve or sustain a penile erection; erectile dysfunction. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } n. [ L. omnipotentia: cf. F. omnipotence. ] 1. The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will Omnipotence neglect to save
The suffering virtue of the wise and brave? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unlimited power of a particular kind; as, love's omnipotence. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being plenipotent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. potentia, from potens, -entis, potent. See Potent, and cf. Potance, Potence, Puissance. ] The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influence. “Drugs of potency.” Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

A place of potency and away o' the state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praepotentia: cf. F. prépotence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring. [ 1913 Webster ]