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Possessing might; having great power or authority. Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Job ix. 4.

Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible. I am the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 1.

he ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. Like some mighty admiral, dark and terrible, bearing down upon his antagonist with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides. E. Everett.

All; wholly; completely; as, almighty,almost. (b) Etym: [L. ad.]

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

With almighty power.

Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden.

to arouse the dormant faculties. Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. Cowper. No suspicion was aroused. Merivale.

er. Taylor. Muncer assured them that the design was approved of by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream ascertained him of its effects. Robertson.

which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. "The base of mighty mountains." Prescott.

ts founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.

That which is begun; a rudiment or element. Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden.

elieve a person, a statement, or a doctrine. Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty). Milton. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets Acts xxvi. Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts viii. 37.

Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] Blount.

owe allegiance or service. A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. Luke ix. 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. 1 Kings i. 8.

A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.] His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. Spenser. Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor.

A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x. I knew that they were the cherubim. Ezek. x. 20. He rode upon a cherub and did fly. Ps. xviii. 10.

Commotion; disturbance. "Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story." Barrow.

One who engages in combat. "The mighty combatants." Milton. A controversy which long survived the original combatants. Macaulay

itative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction. A waiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose. Milton.