Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Potential
potential, adj. [ME < late L. potentia, power.] (webplay: power).
- Important; significant; momentous; noteworthy; noticeable; powerful; influential; disturbing the natural course of events.
- Possible; prospective; expected; inevitable; unavoidable; predictable; likely to occur in the future.
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