PUISSANCE

puissance

(noun) power to influence or coerce; “the puissance of the labor vote”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

puissance (countable and uncountable, plural puissances)

Power, might or potency.

(equestrianism) Often Puissance: the high-jump component of the sport of show jumping.

Noun

Puissance (countable and uncountable, plural Puissances)

(equestrianism) Alternative letter-case form of puissance.

Source: Wiktionary

Pu"is*sance, n. Etym: [F., fr.puissant. See Puissant, and cf. Potency, Potance, Potence.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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