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English
Etymology
From L. posse, "be able" < potis, "able".
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-puissant.ogg|Audio (US)
Adjective
en-adj
- powerful|Powerful, mighty, having authority.
Quotations
timeline|
1500s=1599|
1600s=1667|
1700s=1726|
1800s=1851|
1599 � Shakespeare, Hen V i 2
:Awake remembrance of these valiant dead, / And with your puissant arm renew their feats.
1667 � w:John Milton|John Milton, s:Paradise Lost|Paradise Lost Book I
:For who can yet believe, though after loss,
:That all these puissant legions, whose exile
:Hath emptied Heaven, shall fail to re-ascend,
:Self-raised, and repossess their native seat?
1726 � w:Jonathan Swift|Jonathan Swift, s:Gulliver's Travels|Gulliver's Travels Part I, ch. v
:I cried in a loud voice, "Long live the most puissant king of Lilliput!"
1851 � w:Herman_Melville|Herman Melville, s:Moby-Dick|Moby Dick
:How comes all this, if there be not something puissant in whaling?
1961 - w:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein, ''s:Stranger in a Strange Land|Stranger in a Strange Land
:In fact the titles could be anything-or (with some of the most puissant) no title at all...
Translations
trans-top|powerful, mighty
French: puissant#French|puissant
Ido: povo; potenteso
trans-mid
Russian: мог��е��венн�й
trans-bottom
Related terms
puissance
French
Adjective
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- powerful|Powderful, mighty.
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