potence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of potence
1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French < Latin potentia potency
Example Sentences
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To true divinities such power some grant; And power to compass more;—to Bacchus none Such potence own.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
Conversely the Fr. potence, gallows, meant originally a bracket or support, Lat. potentia, power.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
In the image he believed he somehow possessed the object itself, and so could control it; to the image, therefore, was transferred all the value and potence of the object.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.
Universe in potence followed the Idea of Creation in Deity, 767-u.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
Wolfe saw his aim, and sent Brigadier Townshend to counteract him with a regiment which was formed en potence, and supported by two battalions, presenting on the left a double front.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Irving, Washington
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