"potentize" meaning in English

See potentize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: potentizes [present, singular, third-person], potentizing [participle, present], potentized [participle, past], potentized [past]
Etymology: potent + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|potent|ize}} potent + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} potentize (third-person singular simple present potentizes, present participle potentizing, simple past and past participle potentized)
  1. (transitive) To make potent; to render the latent power of (anything) available. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-potentize-en-verb-d8MJBm~U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

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