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14 words match “POTENCE”

POTENCE n.
Potency; capacity. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton.
ARMIPOTENCE n.
Power in arms. [R.] Johnson.
IGNIPOTENCE n.
Power over fire. [R.]
IMPOTENCE; IMPOTENCY n. 3 definitions
; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. Hayward. O, impotence of mind in body strong! Milton.
OMNIPOTENCE; OMNIPOTENCY n. 2 definitions
te of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity. Will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering virtue of the wise and brave Pope.
PLENIPOTENCE; PLENIPOTENCY n.
The quality or state of being plenipotent. [R.]
AGENNESIS n.
Impotence; sterility.
ALMIGHTINESS n.
Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.
CORPOREAL a.
o, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial. His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. Milton. Corporeal property, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). Moz…
FLANK n.
re, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front. -- Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line. -- Flank files, the first men on the right, and the last on the left, of a company, battalion, etc. -- Flank march, a march made para…
GIRD v.
I girded thee about with fine linen. Ezek. xvi. 10. The Son . . . appeared Girt with omnipotence. Milton.
LEVITY n.
ness; vanity. " A spirit of levity and libertinism." Atterbury. He never employed his omnipotence out of levity. Calamy.
LIGATURE n.
Impotence caused by magic or charms. [Obs.]
RADIANCE; RADIANCY n.
ant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! Neale.