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• (omnipresent)- present everywhere at the same time; Rumor made his<br />

spies omnipresent, his priests omniscient, his anger all-powerful. — The Door<br />

Through Space;<br />

omnipresent^ omnipotent^ impotent {infertile = sterile} ^ potent : fertile =<br />

fecund = prolific<br />

• (omnipotent)- almighty or infinite in power, as God, ( ); God<br />

is omnipotent, and he will decide. — The Companions of Jehu;<br />

• (impotent)- not potent; lacking power or ability, ( ; ; ;<br />

); Arsenal seemed every bit as impotent, their minds as shattered as their<br />

dreams. — Football.co.uk news feed;<br />

• (infertile)- unproductive or barren; He could not bear the sight of the sea;<br />

its infertile bosom and blind restless tumblings filled him with melancholy.<br />

— Rousseau;<br />

• (sterile)- not producing or incapable of producing offspring; The land was<br />

more sterile, and the people were much poorer. — The Life of Thomas Telford;<br />

• (potent)- powerful; mighty, ( ; ); It is an extremely potent<br />

carcinogen, causing an increase in cancer risk with infinitesimal doses;<br />

• (fertile)- capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction; Much<br />

of this land was extremely fertile, and most of it required little labor to<br />

prepare it for cultivation. — The Reign of Andrew Jackson;<br />

• (fecundity)- the quality of being fecund; capacity, esp. in female animals,<br />

of producing young in great numbers, ( ; ); This<br />

phenomenon of incredible fecundity is one of the mysteries of that time. —<br />

Castilian Days;<br />

• (prolific)- producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly<br />

fruitful, ( ; ); This exhibition offers an<br />

opportunity to study the pioneering thinking of an intensely<br />

passionate, prolific, and idiosyncratic individual;<br />

plethora = overplus = superfluity<br />

• (plethora)- overabundance; excess, ( , ); The remedy for<br />

your plethora is simple--abstinence. — Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His<br />

Letters and Journals;<br />

• (overplus)- an excess over a particular amount; surplus; At the end of each<br />

year, the account is balanced, and the overplus or deficit is transferred to the<br />

succeeding one. — Religion in Japan;<br />

• (superfluity)- extreme excess;<br />

superfluous = supererogatory = supernumerary = excess = extra = redundant<br />

{pleonastic = tautological}<br />

• (superfluous)- being more than is sufficient or required; excessive,

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