potence

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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.

A rare few of these because they are so richly endowed with maternal potence that the subconscious processes have remained, as Nature doubtless intended, for the most part subconscious and painless.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

Infinite in essence, we crave it in potence.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson

This is the theory of the importance of the individual, raised, so to speak, to its very highest potence.

From Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II by Stephen, Leslie

The three brigades on the right flank will be faced to the left and marched forward; the head of this column still forming en potence with the front line.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand