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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impotence  \Im"po*tence\,  Impotency  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impotency 
  n  1:  the  quality  of  lacking  strength  or  power;  being  weak  and 
  feeble  [syn:  {powerlessness},  {impotence}]  [ant:  {power}] 
  2:  an  inability  (usually  of  a  male)  to  copulate  [syn:  {impotence}] 




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