Meaning & use
Potentiates
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Increases the strength, effectiveness, or intensity of something, especially a drug or biological effect.
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Alcohol potentiates the sedative effects of many prescription medications.
The enzyme potentiates the reaction, allowing it to proceed far faster than it would alone.
A note on using this word
Potentiates is common in pharmacology, where combining two drugs that potentiate each other can be dangerous even if each is safe alone.
Words with a similar meaning
intensifiesenhancesamplifies
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weakensinhibits
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