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Disempower :: Disempower (v. t.) To deprive of power; to divest of strength.

Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..

Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to..

Empowered :: Empowered (imp. & p. p.) of Empowe.

Empowering :: Empowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Empowe.

Horse Power :: Horse power () The power which a horse exerts.

Horse Power :: Horse power () A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second

Horse Power :: Horse power () A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor..

Impower :: Impower (v. t.) See Empower.

Outpower :: Outpower (v. t.) To excel in power; to overpover.

Overpower :: Overpower (v. t.) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes..

Overpower :: Overpower (n.) A dominating power.

Overpowered :: Overpowered (imp. & p. p.) of Overpowe.

Overpowering :: Overpowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpowe.

Overpowering :: Overpowering (a.) Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible.

Powen :: Powen (n.) A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring..

Power :: Power (n.) Same as Poor, the fish..

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

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

Power :: 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 :: Power (n.) A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.

Power :: Power (n.) A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things..

Power :: 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 :: Power (n.) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc..

Power :: 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 :: Power (n.) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power..

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 :: 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..