(v) to make effective or more effective (e.g., homeopathic preparations are potentiated by dilution and shaking) See also homeopathy.

increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon); "potentiate the drug"

to enhance the effects of a drug. (Caffeine is often added to compounded drugs as a potentiating agent.)

To render active or potent.

to make more powerful.