potent

adj. strong; influential; operational; virile, having masculine power

Potent is a fur in heraldry. It is like vair, except using a T-shaped item instead of the vair bell. (The word "potent" means crutch; it is thought to derive from badly-drawn vair.) It is subject to all the subvarieties of vair, thus counter-potent and so on.Other tinctures may be used, described as vairy, counter-vairy, potenty, or counter-potenty of (say) Or and gules. In extremely rare circumstances there is vairy of four colours, but apparently vairy is always either of two or four colours.The height of a row of vair is not strictly specified, but is typically about one-fifth that of the shield. Where there are more than six rows, the term menu-vair may be used. This is the origin of the English word "miniver", which was the general word for the fur lining used for robes of state.
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Adjective
1. having the power to influence or convince; "a cogent analysis of the problem"; "potent arguments"
(synonym) cogent, powerful
(similar) influential
2. having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
(synonym) strong
(similar) powerful
3. having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea"
(synonym) strong
(antonym) impotent
(similar) effectual
(see-also) effective, effectual, efficacious
(attribute) potency, effectiveness, strength
4. (of a male) able to copulate
(synonym) virile
(antonym) impotent

adv. potently, powerfully, strongly, forcefully

adj. potent, powerful, influential, effective

(n.)
One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned.
  

(n.)
A staff or crutch.
  

(n.)
A prince; a potentate.
  

(a.)
Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine.
  

(a.)
Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument.
  

(a.)
Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince.