Power Definition
To hit or kick something forcefully.
- Those who hold effective power in a system or situation:
a plan vetoed by the powers that be.
- in authority
- in office
- the persons in control
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Power
- powers that be
- in power
- the powers that be
Origin of Power
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Middle English from Old French pooir to be able, power from Vulgar Latin potēre to be able from Latin potis able, powerful poti- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English poer, from Old French poer, from Medieval Latin *potere, for Latin posse (“to be able"); see potent.
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