potentiate
verb
po·ten·ti·ate
pə-ˈten(t)-shē-ˌāt 
potentiated; potentiating
: to make effective or active or more effective or more active
also
: to augment the activity of (something, such as a drug) synergistically
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The caapi vine is used only to potentiate the effects of the DMT.
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Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
Rather than focusing on deportations efforts, the incoming administration should consider investing in this group through incubator programs, accelerators and potentiate this demographic in the interest of the average U.S. voter.
—London School Of Economics, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Their Ultra Broad Spectrum™ CBD tinctures are made with a 10:1 ratio of CBD to other beneficial compounds like CBG, CBN, CBDV, and CBC, which work together with CBD to potentiate its effects and provide the full spectrum of health benefits from the hemp plant.
—Chrono Therapeutics, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
As ideological commentary, in other words, the series ends up more hobbled than potentiated by its fictional aspects.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
Cornejo said this would undoubtedly be a factor that would potentiate a possible defeat for Sinema at the polls.
—Javier Arce, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2022
When left untreated, mental illness can potentiate physical conditions like heart disease, resulting in even more expensive treatment needs.
—Liat Jarkon, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2020
Thus understood, Fascism is totalitarian, and the Fascist State — a synthesis and a unit inclusive of all values — interprets, develops, and potentiates the whole life of a people.
—Joseph Loconte, National Review, 25 June 2019
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Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
Rather than focusing on deportations efforts, the incoming administration should consider investing in this group through incubator programs, accelerators and potentiate this demographic in the interest of the average U.S. voter.
—London School Of Economics, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Their Ultra Broad Spectrum™ CBD tinctures are made with a 10:1 ratio of CBD to other beneficial compounds like CBG, CBN, CBDV, and CBC, which work together with CBD to potentiate its effects and provide the full spectrum of health benefits from the hemp plant.
—Chrono Therapeutics, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
As ideological commentary, in other words, the series ends up more hobbled than potentiated by its fictional aspects.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
Cornejo said this would undoubtedly be a factor that would potentiate a possible defeat for Sinema at the polls.
—Javier Arce, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2022
When left untreated, mental illness can potentiate physical conditions like heart disease, resulting in even more expensive treatment needs.
—Liat Jarkon, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2020
Thus understood, Fascism is totalitarian, and the Fascist State — a synthesis and a unit inclusive of all values — interprets, develops, and potentiates the whole life of a people.
—Joseph Loconte, National Review, 25 June 2019
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potentiate
transitive verb
po·ten·ti·ate
pə-ˈten-chē-ˌāt
potentiated; potentiating
: to make effective or active or more effective or more active
also
: to augment the activity of (as a drug) synergistically
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