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potentiate

po·ten·tiate

uncommon

verb

1.

increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)

  • “potentiate the drug”

Origin

From potent + -i- + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after German potenzieren.

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