to fulfill potential

Latin translation: quam maxime facere/agere/valere

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English term or phrase:to fulfill potential
Latin translation:quam maxime facere/agere/valere
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

14:37 Jan 21, 2013
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English term or phrase: to fulfill potential
What's the best way to translate this phrase into Latin? Should potential be translated as 'potentia', 'potestas' or 'facultas'? would 'facultatem capere' make sense? Thanks for any help.
Maria Sodorova
quam maxime facere/agere/valere
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This is perhaps the closest corresponding idiom.
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quam maxime facere/agere/valere


Explanation:
This is perhaps the closest corresponding idiom.

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