[with obj.](technical)increase the power, effect, or likelihood of (something, especially a drug or physiological reaction) (技)增强(药物功效,生理反应);使(生理反应)更易发生 the glucose will potentiate intestinal absorption of sodium. 葡萄糖会增强肠道吸收钠的能力。
语源
early 19th cent.: from potent, on the pattern of substantiate