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puissance |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puissance \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: puissance n : power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor vote"
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