Definition of power

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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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Retention :: Retention (n.) The power of retaining; retentiveness.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical..
Plutocrat :: Plutocrat (n.) One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes..
Witch :: Witch (n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child..
Erastian :: Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State..
Durableness :: Durableness (n.) Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability..
Authorization :: Authorization (n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
Arm :: Arm (n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law..
Tatou :: Tatou (n.) The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves..
Incrassative :: Incrassative (n.) A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humors..
Able-minded :: Able-minded (a.) Having much intellectual power.
Tug :: Tug (n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat..
Mahovo :: Mahovo (n.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel..
Unorganized :: Unorganized (a.) Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1..
Cosignitary :: Cosignitary (a.) Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers..
Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles..
Vigorous :: Vigorous (a.) Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war..
Authority :: Authority (n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities..
Coordination :: Coordination (n.) The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc..
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