| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | om·nip·o·tent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m-n p  -tnt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful. See Usage Note at infinite. | | NOUN: | 1. One having unlimited power or authority: the bureaucratic omnipotents. 2. Omnipotent God. Used with the. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin omnipot ns, omnipotent- : omni-, omni- + potns, present participle of posse, to be able; see poti- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | om·nipo·tence, om·nipo·ten·cy —NOUN
om·nipo·tent·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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