Definition of power

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Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.

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Determinative :: Determinative (a.) Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion..
Originative :: Originative (a.) Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty..
Nomination :: Nomination (n.) The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.
Coordination :: Coordination (n.) The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc..
Vicariate :: Vicariate (n.) Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
Yarage :: Yarage (a.) The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship..
Agraphia :: Agraphia (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.
Autonomy :: Autonomy (n.) The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state..
Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..
Multipresence :: Multipresence (n.) The state or power of being multipresent.
Diagometer :: Diagometer (n.) A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power..
Overcrow :: Overcrow (v. t.) To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower..
Enervative :: Enervative (a.) Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening..
Acalephae :: Acalephae (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles..
Stimulus :: Stimulus (v. t.) A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action..
Prender :: Prender (n.) The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered.
Signatory :: Signatory (a.) Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers..
Sceptreless :: Sceptreless (a.) Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king..
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