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puissantadjective
powerful

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puissantadjective
Powerful, mighty, having authority.
Etymology: From puissant, pussant, et al., puissant, poissant, present participle of pooir, ultimately from.

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PUISSANTadjective
Powerful; strong; forcible.
Etymology: puissant, Fr.
The queen is coming with a puissant host. William Shakespeare.

Told the most piteous tale of Lear
That ever ear receiv’d; which in recounting
His grief grew puissant, and the strings of life
Began to crack. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

For piety renown’d and puissant deeds. John Milton.

The climate of Syria, the far distance from the strength of Christendom, and the near neighbourhood of those that were most puissant among the Mahometans, caused that famous enterprise, after a long continuance of terrible war, to be quite abandoned. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

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puissant
Puissant is an adjective of French origin meaning powerful, mighty, or potent. It is often used to describe different forms of power, such as a powerful ruler or a potent piece of evidence.

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Puissantadjective
powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or empire
Etymology: [F., originally, a p. pr. formed fr. L. posse to be able: cf. L. potens powerful. See Potent.]

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Puissant
pū′is-ant, adj. potent or powerful: strong: forcible.—n. Pū′issance, power, strength, force.—adv. Pū′issantly.—n. Pū′issantness. [Fr., (It. possente)—L. potens, powerful, modified by the influence of L. posse, to be able.]

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The numerical value of Puissant in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of Puissant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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potencaEsperanto
puissantSpanish
تندروPersian
puissantFrench
potenteso, povoIdo
ಉತ್ಸಾಹಭರಿತKannada
puissant, vermogendDutch
potężnyPolish
poderosoPortuguese
могущественныйRussian

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