English Dictionary

Same as Poor, the fish.
Source : opted (118522)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (118523)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (118524)  - auto

Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
Source : opted (118525)  - auto

The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Source : opted (118526)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (118527)  - auto

A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
Source : opted (118528)  - auto

A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
Source : opted (118529)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (118530)  - auto

A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
Source : opted (118531)  - auto