Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
lacking power or ability;
- Example: "Technology without morality is barbarous morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson;
- Example: "felt impotent rage"2.
(of a male) unable to copulate;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impotent \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.
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There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis
feet. --Acts xiv. 8.
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O most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak.
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Not slow to hear,
Nor impotent to save. --Addison.
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2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled;
ungovernable; violent.
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Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. --Dryden.
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3. (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to
copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren; specifically,
in males: unable to achieve or sustain a penile erection.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impotent \Im"po*tent\, n.
One who is impotent. [R.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
impotent
adj 1: lacking power or ability; "Technology without morality is
barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"-
Freeman J.Dyson; "felt impotent rage" [ant: potent,
stiff, strong]
2: (of a male) unable to copulate [ant: potent, virile]