power

Roget category 157

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.8. Causation
›› 1.8.2. Connection between cause and effect

#157. Power

noun

power — potency, potentiality — jiva^† — puissance, might, force, energy etc. 171 — dint — right hand, right arm — ascendency^†, sway, control — prepotency, prepollence^† — almightiness, omnipotence — authority etc. 737 — strength etc. 159.
ability — ableness etc. adj.^† — competency — efficacy — efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill) 698 — validity, cogency — enablement^† — vantage ground — influence etc. 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.

verb

be powerful etc. adj. — gain power etc. n.. belong to, pertain to — lie in one's power, be in one's power — can, be able.
give power, confer power, exercise power etc. n. — empower, enable, invest — indue^†, endue — endow, arm — strengthen etc. 159 — compel etc. 744.

adjective

powerful, puissant — potential — capable, able — equal to, up to — cogent, valid — efficient, productive — effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent — multipotent^†, plenipotent^†, omnipotent — almighty.
forcible etc. adj.. (energetic) 171 — influential etc. 175 — productive etc. 168.

adverb

powerfully etc. adj. — by virtue of, by dint of.

phrase

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.].

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