potentiate.
To endow with power.
Meaning & usage
To endow with power.
To enhance.
To increase the potency (of a drug or biochemical agent).
These antidepressants potentiate the analgesic action of opiates.
Where this word comes from
From potent + -i- + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after German potenzieren.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.