power
/ˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/ verb B2- To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device). · This CD player is powered by batteries.
- To hit or kick something forcefully.
- To enable or provide the impetus for.
- To move or advance with great force or speed.
He/she/it powers · Past powered · Past participle powered · -ing form powering
Verb forms
- Base form
- power
- He/she/it
- powers
- Past
- powered
- Past participle
- powered
- -ing form
- powering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Let what may remain of revolutionary sap exhaust itself and die away with the old trunk, and condescend only to regard the young shoot which has started up at a distance from the parent tree, without having the power, any more than the wish, to separate entirely from the stock from which it sprung.”
“To give you pleasure, my sweet Renée, I promise to show all the lenity in my power; but if the charges brought against this Bonapartist hero prove correct, why, then, you really must give me leave to order his head to be cut off.”
Besides, one requires the excitement of being hateful in the eyes of the accused, in order to lash one’s self into a state of sufficient vehemence and power.
“Give all the information in your power.”
Other matches
- power The ability to do or undergo something. A2
- power Used as a cheer to express support C2
- power Impressive. C2
- power down To switch off
- power off To turn off, to cut the power to.
- power on To turn on
- power through To persevere despite the difficulty.
- power up To turn the electrical power on to a device as ...
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