force, energy &c 171; dint; right hand, right arm; ascendency†, sway,
control; prepotency, prepollence†; almightiness, omnipotence; authority
&c 737; strength &c 159.
ability; ableness &c adj.†; competency; efficacy; efficiency,
productivity, expertise (skill) 698; validity, cogency; enablement†;
vantage ground; influence &c 175.
pressure; conductivity; elasticity; gravity, electricity,
magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism;
atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power; fuel cell; hydraulic
power, water power, hydroelectric power; solar power, solar energy,
solar panels; tidal power; wind power; attraction; vis inertiae [Lat.],
vis mortua [Lat.], vis viva [Lat.]; potential energy, dynamic energy;
dynamic friction, dynamic suction; live circuit, live rail, live wire.
capability, capacity; quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent
[Lat.]; faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property,
qualification, susceptibility.
V. be powerful &c adj.; gain power &c n.. belong to, pertain to; lie in
one's power, be in one's power; can, be able.
give power, confer power, exercise power &c n.; empower, enable,
invest; indue†, endue; endow, arm; strengthen &c 159; compel &c 744.
Adj. powerful, puissant; potential; capable, able; equal to, up to;
cogent, valid; efficient, productive; effective, effectual,
efficacious, adequate, competent; multipotent†, plenipotent†,
omnipotent; almighty.
forcible &c adj.. (energetic) 171; influential &c 175; productive
&c 168.
Adv. powerfully &c adj.; by virtue of, by dint of.
Phr. a toute force [Fr.]; dos moi pou sto kai kino ten gen [Gr.];
eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis [Lat.]; fortis cadere cedere
non potest [Lat.].