About The Word Puissance
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Puissance
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What's The Definition Of Puissance?
[n] power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor vote"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Puissance: Related Terms | Find terms related to Puissance: See Also | power | powerfulness Puissance In Webster's Dictionary \Pu"is*sance\, n. [F., fr. puissant. See {Puissant},
and cf. {Potency}, {Potance}, {Potence}.]
Power; strength; might; force; potency. `` Youths of
puissance.'' --Tennyson.
The power and puissance of the king. --Shak.
Note: In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and
puissant are usually dissyllables.
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