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Power

noun

1.

Possession of controlling influence. Synonym: powerfulness. "The power of his love saved her" , "His powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" Antonym: powerlessness.

2.

(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second).

3.

Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done. Synonym: ability. Antonym: inability.

4.

(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power. Synonym: office. "During his first year in office" , "During his first year in power" , "The power of the president"

5.

One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority. Synonym: force. "May the force be with you" , "The forces of evil"

6.

A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself. Synonyms: exponent, index.

7.

Physical strength. Synonyms: might, mightiness.

8.

A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. Synonyms: great power, major power, superpower, world power.

9.

A very wealthy or powerful businessman. Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, top executive, tycoon.

verb

1.

Supply the force or power for the functioning of.

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"Power" Quotes from Famous Books

... destroyed the latter, and our hunting was more merciful. The pain inflicted was no equivalent to the pleasure afforded to hounds and horses, leaving men out of the question. The true lover of sport was a lover of mercy as well. Every sportsman, in the true sense of the word, did all in his power to lessen the suffering.”—Quoted, “Guardian,” Oct. ...

— Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood - Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter • J. Conway Walter

... thought that some uncanny spell was being wrought about him, and that soon he would be body and soul in the power of the evil spirit ...

— Frank Merriwell's Cruise • Burt L. Standish

... situated; I have lost both my officers, and have no one on board but yourself in the least capable of taking their places. I saved your life—or spared it, which comes to the same thing—and I now ask you to make me the only return in your power by ...

— The Pirate Slaver - A Story of the West African Coast • Harry Collingwood

... less by the completeness of Knight's disguise than by the persuasive power which lay in the fact that Knight had never before deceived him in anything. So this supposition that his companion had ceased to love Elfride was an enormous lightening of the weight which had turned the ...

— A Pair of Blue Eyes • Thomas Hardy

... one of them at the time expressed it, they felt themselves under the ban of the civilized world. Two courses only were open to them: to abandon slave institutions, the sources of their wealth and political power, or to assert them with such an overwhelming national force as to compel the respect and assent of ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 63, January, 1863 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various

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