Powerful; possessed of inherent strength.Powerful in a moral sense; having great influence; cogent; prevailing; convincing: as, potent arguments; potent interest.Having great authority, control, or dominion.In heraldry, divided or included by a line or lines forming a series of potents: as, a fesse potent. [In this sense originally potenté.]n. A prince; a potentate.n. A crutch; a walking-staff.n. In heraldry: A figure resembling the head of a crutch, and consisting of a parallelogram laid horizontally on the top of a small square.n. A fur made up of patches or figures.n. In watch-making, a journal plate or bearing.