pote

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UK/pəʊt/US/poʊt/

verb

To push, thrust.

OriginMiddle English poten ← Old English potian ← Proto-West Germanic *putōn →
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Meanings

pote1

verbpote (third-person singular simple present potes, present participle poting, simple past and past participle poted)

present singular third person potes · participle present poting · participle past poted · past poted

  1. obsoleteTo push, thrust.
  2. To poke (with a stick etc.).

Pote2

proper nounPote (plural Potes)

plural Potes

  1. A surname.

Origin

pote · verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*putōną“to stab, push, poke”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*putōn
  3. Old Englishpotian“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”
  4. Middle Englishpoten
  5. Englishpote

From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

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Pote · proper noun

  1. GermanPothe
  2. EnglishPote

English surname, possibly adapted from German Pothe, a variant of the surname Poth.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pote

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pote

MLA

“pote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pote. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pote.

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