potentiate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[potentiate 词源字典]
1817 (Coleridge) "endow with power," from Latin potentia "power, might, force" (see potential) + -ate (2) on model of German potenzieren. Related: Potentiated; potentiating; potentiation.[potentiate etymology, potentiate origin, 英语词源]