Definition of "potentiate" []

• To make potent or powerful. (verb-transitive)
• To enhance or increase the effect of (a drug). (verb-transitive)
• To promote or strengthen (a biochemical or physiological action or effect). (verb-transitive)

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• "At.this point I was Stared At. Apparently "potentiate" is doctor-speak."
• "Organo-phosphorus compounds although they break down quickly have a dangerous tendency to 'potentiate' one another."
• "The form of the cross is what is called "potentiate", that is, crutched or gibbet-shaped."