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Power
Power
n.
Same
as
Poor
,
the
fish
.
Power
n.
Ability
to
act
,
regarded
as
latent
or
inherent
;
the
faculty
of
doing
or
performing
something
;
capacity
for
action
or
performance
;
capability
of
producing
an
effect
,
whether
physical
or
moral
:
potency
;
might
; as, a
man
of
great
power
;
the
power
of
capillary
attraction
;
money
gives
power
.
Power
n.
Ability
,
regarded
as
put
forth
or
exerted
;
strength
,
force
, or
energy
in
action
; as,
the
power
of
steam
in
moving
an
engine
;
the
power
of
truth
, or of
argument
, in
producing
conviction
;
the
power
of
enthusiasm
.
Power
n.
Capacity
of
undergoing
or
suffering
;
fitness
to be
acted
upon
;
susceptibility
;
called
also
passive
power
; as,
great
power
of
endurance
.
Power
n.
The
exercise
of a
faculty
;
the
employment
of
strength
;
the
exercise
of
any
kind
of
control
;
influence
;
dominion
;
sway
;
command
;
government
.
Power
n.
The
agent
exercising
an
ability
to
act
; an
individual
invested
with
authority
; an
institution
, or
government
,
which
exercises
control
; as,
the
great
powers
of
Europe
;
hence
,
often
, a
superhuman
agent
; a
spirit
; a
divinity
.
Power
n.
A
military
or
naval
force
; an
army
or
navy
; a
great
host
.
Power
n.
A
large
quantity
; a
great
number
; as, a
power
o/
good
things
.
Power
n.
The
rate
at
which
mechanical
energy
is
exerted
or
mechanical
work
performed
, as by an
engine
or
other
machine
, or an
animal
,
working
continuously
; as, an
engine
of
twenty
horse
power
.
Power
n.
A
mechanical
agent
;
that
from
which
useful
mechanical
energy
is
derived
; as,
water
power
;
steam
power
;
hand
power
,
etc
.
Power
n.
Applied
force
;
force
producing
motion
or
pressure
; as,
the
power
applied
at
one
and
of a
lever
to
lift
a
weight
at
the
other
end
.
Power
n.
A
machine
acted
upon
by an
animal
,
and
serving
as a
motor
to
drive
other
machinery
; as, a
dog
power
.
Power
n.
The
product
arising
from
the
multiplication
of a
number
into
itself
; as, a
square
is
the
second
power
,
and
a
cube
is
third
power
, of a
number
.
Power
n.
Mental
or
moral
ability
to
act
;
one
of
the
faculties
which
are
possessed
by
the
mind
or
soul
; as,
the
power
of
thinking
,
reasoning
,
judging
,
willing
,
fearing
,
hoping
,
etc
.
Power
n.
The
degree
to
which
a
lens
,
mirror
, or
any
optical
instrument
,
magnifies
; in
the
telescope
,
and
usually
in
the
microscope
,
the
number
of
times
it
multiplies
, or
augments
,
the
apparent
diameter
of an
object
;
sometimes
, in
microscopes
,
the
number
of
times
it
multiplies
the
apparent
surface
.
Power
n.
An
authority
enabling
a
person
to
dispose
of an
interest
vested
either
in
himself
or in
another
person
;
ownership
by
appointment
.
Power
n.
Hence
,
vested
authority
to
act
in a
given
case
; as,
the
business
was
referred
to a
committee
with
power
.
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