potence

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In the image he believed he somehow possessed the object itself, and so could control it; to the image, therefore, was transferred all the value and potence of the object.

From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.

The potence and the values of fine motherhood are proven by the fact that every great, or good, or clever man or woman has been the child of a great, or good, or clever mother.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

In truth, the concentration of his thought on the fragment of stone had been enough of itself to give a talisman occult potence.

From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Baily, Waldron

Great, indeed, is the potence of "environment"; greater, by far, the potence of heredity.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin

If this dose should not be sufficient, we prepare a new potence by throwing away three tablespoonfuls of the former solution and substituting four tablespoonfuls of fresh water, shaking the mixture well.

From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by Wolf, C. W.