Definition of Impotince
{ Im"po*tence (?), Im"po*ten*cy (?), }
n. [L. impotenia inability, poverty, want of
moderation. See Impotent.] 1. The quality
or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal,
intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability;
imbecility.
Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young
fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and
cripples. Hayward.
O, impotence of mind in body
strong! Milton.
2. Want of self-restraint or self-
control. [R.] Milton.
3. (Law & Med.) Want of procreative
power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes,
sterility; barrenness.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Powerlessness.
- Erectile dysfunction.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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