potency /ˈpəʊtənsi/ noun6 •Power, authority.I would to heauen I had your potencie, And you were Isabell: should it then be thus? No: I would tell what 'twere to be a Iudge, and what a prisoner. — 1603 •Concentration; strength •The ability or capacity to perform something •Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm. •Potentiality, ability, capacity. •(old-fashioned) Cardinality. formspotencies