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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            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.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impotent \Im"po*tent\, n.
   One who is impotent. [R.] --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for impotent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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