potence

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

potence
    n 1: the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual
         intercourse [syn: {potency}, {potence}] [ant: {impotence},
         {impotency}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Potence \Po"tence\, n. [F., fr. LL. potentia staff, crutch, L.,
   might, power. See {Potency}.]
   Potency; capacity. [R.] --Sir W. Hamilton.
   [1913 Webster]

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