The duration of human souls is only potentially infinite.
Bentley.
Po*ten"ti*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Potentiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Potentiating.] To render active or potent. Coleridge.
Po*ten`ti*om"e*ter (?), n. [Potential + -meter.] (Elec.) An instrument
for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive
forces.
Po"ten*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Potentized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Potentizing.] To render the latent power of (anything) available.
Dunglison.
Po"tent*ly (?), adv. With great force or energy; powerfully;
efficaciously. "You are potently opposed." Shak.
Po"tent*ness, n. The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness;
potency; efficacy.
Po"tes*tate (?), n. A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif. "An
irous potestate." Chaucer.
Po*tes"ta*tive (?), a. [L. potestativus, fr. potestas power: cf. F.
potestatif. See Potent.] Authoritative. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
Pot"gun` (?), n. 1. A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar. [Obs.] "Twelve
potguns of brass." Hakluyt.