potence
Example Sentences
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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
Femaleness, or Recessiveness, on its side, however—being Life-Energy in the potential—is all the while engendering new potence for Dominance to transform into active, or functioning, power.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
It doubtless is used as a charm of potence by some desert tribe.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram
Thus I shall venture to use potence, in order to express a specific degree of a power, in imitation of the Algebraists.
From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
The vital significance of this new potence in blood to transform itself to milk for sustenance of offspring is emphasised by the fact that the Mammalia are warm-blooded creatures.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
