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1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward. 2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between

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1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward. 2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another. 3. The place of business of am agent. Syn. -- Action; operation; efficiency; management.

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  • FORCE
    To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
  • COGENCY
    The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force. An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. J. H. Newman.
  • INDEXICAL
    Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
  • MIGHTILY
    1. In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully. Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col. i. 29. 2. To a great degree; very much. Practical jokes amused
  • STRENGTHFUL
    Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. -- Strength"ful*ness, n. Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful. Marston.
  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • POWERABLE
    1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
  • WORKMANSHIP
    1. The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton. 2. That
  • VIGOR
    vigueur, fr. L. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong. See 1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy. The vigor of this arm was never vain. Dryden. 2. Strength or
  • VIGOROUS
    1. Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant. Famed for his valor, young, At sea successful, vigorous and strong. Waller. 2. Exhibiting strength, either
  • MECHANISM
    An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements. (more info) 1. The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the
  • FORCEPS
    The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing. (more info) 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies
  • STRENGTHENING
    That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster , a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.
  • EFFICACY
    Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. "Of noxious efficacy." Milton. Syn. -- Virtue; force;
  • MIGHTY
    1. Possessing might; having great power or authority. Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Job ix. 4. 2. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful. "His mighty works." Matt. xi. 20. 3. Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality
  • ENERGY
    Capacity for performing work. Note: The kinetic energy of a body is the energy it has in virtue of being in motion. It is measured by one half of the product of the mass of each element of the body multiplied by the square of the velocity of the
  • VIOLENCE
    1. The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. That seal You ask with such a violence, the king, Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me. Shak. All the elements
  • PRESSURE WIRES
    Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.
  • INSTRUMENTALITY
    The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense
  • FORCEFUL
    Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden.
  • REINFORCEMENT
    See REëNFORCEMENT
  • COLABORER
    One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
  • CANDLE POWER
    Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
  • REINVIGORATE
    To invigorate anew.
  • DEFORCEOR
    See DEFORCIANT
  • ALMIGHTINESS
    Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.
  • INVIGOR
    To invigorate.
  • ALMIGHTILY
    With almighty power.
  • MISARRANGEMENT
    Wrong arrangement.
  • IMPOWER
    See EMPOWER
  • UNDERLABORER
    An assistant or subordinate laborer. Locke.
  • DEFORCE
    To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty. Burrill.

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