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WIELD |
Exercise power |
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BEAR |
To possess and use, as power; to exercise. |
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OPTION |
The exercise of the power of choice; choice. |
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PRESAGE |
Power to look the future, or the exercise of that
power; foreknowledge; presentiment. |
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RULE |
To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority;
-- often followed by over. |
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DOMINATION |
The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling;
dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway. |
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WILL |
The choice which is made; a determination or preference which
results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition. |
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ACT |
That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the
effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. |
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REIGN |
To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to
exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to
rule. |
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ADJUDGE |
To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to
decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in
the November term. |
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POSSIBLY |
In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by
extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of
power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover. |
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EXTORTION |
The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting
anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise
of power; undue exaction; overcharge. |
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APPOINTMENT |
The exercise of the power of designating (under a
"power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific
property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. |
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DISCOURSE |
...ng, as
it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion;
an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning
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CREDENTIAL |
Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to
credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given
by a government to an a... |
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SUPERINTEND |
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to
oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to
supervise; as, an o... |
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DISPOSE |
To exercise finally one's power of control over; to
pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to
alienate; to part with; to r... |
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SOVEREIGNTY |
The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a
sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power;
dominion; sway; suprema... |
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TYRANNY |
...y
governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of
power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not
... |
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EXERTION |
The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action;
the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a
laborious or perceptible ... |
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EXTORT |
...ce,
menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or
ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to
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USURPATION |
The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an
infringing on the rig... |
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TYRANNIZE |
To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to
rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not
permitted by law or r... |