Impotent

Definition of Impotent

Im´po`tent

a.	1.	Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm. There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet. - Acts xiv. 8. O most lame and impotent conclusion! - Shak. Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. - Addison.
	2.	Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. - Dryden.
	3.	(Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren;
n.	1.	One who is impotent.

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