potentiate
Meanings
Verb
- increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
- "potentiate the drug"
- To endow with power.
- To enhance.
- To increase the potency (of a drug or biochemical agent).
Origin / Etymology
From potent + -i- + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after German potenzieren.
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 14
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