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To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.] "Reassembling our afflicted powers." Milton.

iously provided; -- opposed to behindhand. [Archaic or Dial.] Aforehand in all matters of power. Bacon.

A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.

The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion. Abbott.

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward.

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. Dryden.

Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

ar or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power." Hallam

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

ence, strained; unnatural. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.

The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.

gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.

Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious. Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy. Shak.

; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us). Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. 1 Thess. v. 21.

Attractive power; attractiveness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To sanction; to invest; to intrust. [Obs.] Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power. Shak.

All-powerful; almighty. [Obs.] Udall.

With almighty power.