Definition of power

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Power (n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance..

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Emancipate :: Emancipate (v. t.) To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country..
Corrective :: Corrective (a.) Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties..
Panic :: Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..
Preparative :: Preparative (n.) That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares..
Rhatanhy :: Rhatanhy (n.) The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine.
Diarchy :: Diarchy (n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.
Dominant :: Dominant (a.) Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power..
Competency :: Competency (n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court..
Consequence :: Consequence (n.) Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.
Potentize :: Potentize (v. t.) To render the latent power of (anything) available.
Resumption :: Resumption (n.) The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc..
Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Lacerative :: Lacerative (a.) Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors..
Judicative :: "Judicative (a.) Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty..
Usurp :: Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him..
Essay :: Essay (n.) To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.
Decree :: Decree (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision..
Rhetoric :: Rhetoric (n.) Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.
Impassionate :: Impassionate (v. t.) To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of.
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
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