Hypertext Webster Gateway: "potence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Potence \Po"tence\, n. [F., fr. LL. potentia staff, crutch, L.,
might, power. See {Potency}.]
Potency; capacity. [R.] --Sir W. Hamilton.
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