potence

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A rare few of these because they are so richly endowed with maternal potence that the subconscious processes have remained, as Nature doubtless intended, for the most part subconscious and painless.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

Great, indeed, is the potence of "environment"; greater, by far, the potence of heredity.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin

The vital significance of this new potence in blood to transform itself to milk for sustenance of offspring is emphasised by the fact that the Mammalia are warm-blooded creatures.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

In truth, the concentration of his thought on the fragment of stone had been enough of itself to give a talisman occult potence.

From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Baily, Waldron

Then suddenly it waked, for the moon was sinking, and the charm had lost its potence.

From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic