3. (Law & Med.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or
beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.
Im"po*tent (?), a. [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not +
potens potent, powerful. See Potent.] 1. Not potent; wanting power,
strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient
in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.
There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet.
Acts xiv. 8.
O most lame and impotent conclusion!
Shak.
Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Addison.
2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable;
violent.
Impotent of tongue, her silence broke.
Dryden.
3. (Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also,
sometimes, sterile; barren.
Im"po*tent, n. One who is impotent. [R.] Shak.
Im"po*tent*ly, adv. In an impotent manner.
Im*pound" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impounding.] To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence,
to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to
impound a document for safe keeping.
But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots.
Shak.
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Im*pound"age (m*pound"j), n. 1. The act of impounding, or the state of
being impounded.