verb
Meaning 1
To endow with power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Standard Lemma guide
potentiate
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verb
Meaning 2
To enhance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To increase the potency (of a drug or biochemical agent).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- These antidepressants potentiate the analgesic action of opiates.
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verb
Meaning 4
increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- potentiate the drug
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: enhance, heighten, raise
History
Etymology
From potent + -i- + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after German potenzieren.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: potenciar — (''transitive'')
- Spanish: potencializar — (''transitive'')