Im*pos"tur*ous (?), a. Impostrous; deceitful.
Strictness fales and impostrous.
Beau. & Fl.
Im*pos"tur*y (?), n. Imposture. [Obs.] Fuller.
{ Im"po*tence (?), Im"po*ten*cy (?), } n. [L. impotenia inability,
poverty, want of moderation. See Impotent.] 1. The quality or condition
of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or
moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.
Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless
children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples.
Hayward.
O, impotence of mind in body strong!
Milton.