POTENTIATE

potentiate

(verb) increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon); “potentiate the drug”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

potentiate (third-person singular simple present potentiates, present participle potentiating, simple past and past participle potentiated)

(transitive) To endow with power.

(transitive) To enhance.

(transitive) To increase the potency (of a drug or biochemical agent).

These antidepressants potentiate the analgesic action of opiates.

Source: Wiktionary


Po*ten"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Potentiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Potentiating.]

Definition: To render active or potent. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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