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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

potentiate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
po-ten-ti-ate
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To endow with power.

Transitive verb

verb

To enhance.

Transitive verb

verb

To increase the potency (of a drug or biochemical agent).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From potent + -i- + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after German potenzieren.

Usage

Inflected Forms

potentiates (present, singular) potentiating (participle, present) potentiated (participle, past) potentiated (past)

Derived Forms

chemopotentiating depotentiate immunopotentiating

Questions

What does potentiate mean?
To endow with power.
Where does potentiate come from?
From potent + -i- + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after German potenzieren.

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