omnipotent

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How absolute and omnipotent is the silence of the night!

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  1. adjective Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful. See Usage Note at infinite.
  2. noun One having unlimited power or authority: the bureaucratic omnipotents.
  3. noun God. Used with the.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotent- : omni-, omni- + potēns, present participle of posse, to be able; see poti- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French omnipotent = Spanish Portuguese omnipotente = Italian onnipotente, from Latin omnipoten(t-)s, almighty, from omnis, all, + poten(t-)s, mighty, powerful: see potent.
 

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/ɑmˈnɪpətənt/
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