A worldview based on things that might be possible rather than the actual facts.

Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to)

Existing in possibility, not in actuality. / (archaic) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result / (physics) A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.

In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way. / (obsolete) Powerfully, strongly.

(transitive) To endow with power. / (transitive) To enhance. / (transitive) To increase the potency (of a drug or biochemical agent).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of potentiate

The quality of being, or having potential. / An inherent capacity for growth or development. / An aptitude amenable to development; capability.

plural of potentiality

plural of potential

simple past tense and past participle of potentiate