repotentise

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ potent +‎ -ise

Verb[edit]

repotentise (third-person singular simple present repotentises, present participle repotentising, simple past and past participle repotentised)

  1. Alternative form of repotentize
    • 1985 March, Helen Fullerton, “Methyl Isocyanate Poisoning: A Homeopathic Remedy”, in The Hahnemannian Gleanings, page 69:
      This together with the methyl isocyanale copper repotentises the β- arabinose (Cu) of the membranes of the lymph and mammary glands and eyelid and eyeball membranes;
    • 2014, Andrew Mason, Rasa Shastra: The Hidden Art of Medical Alchemy, page 76:
      This section is replete with multiple entries for recipes that suspend the ageing of the body from 100 to 10,000 years and repotentising/enlivening of the aged.
    • 2016, Shai Biderman, Ido Lewit, Mediamorphosis: Kafka and the Moving Image, page 40:
      Unlike Heidegger, Kafka does not propose as a solution to Zwitschern – tweeting – a revivified, repotentised Wissenschaft (science) or a method with the power to 'speak being'.