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Webster 1913 Edition

Puissance

Pu′is-sance

,
Noun.
[F., fr.
puissant
. See
Puissant
, and cf.
Potency
,
Potance
,
Potence
.]
Power; strength; might; force; potency.
“ Youths of puissance.”
Tennyson.
The power and
puissance
of the king.
Shakespeare
☞ In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.

Webster 1828 Edition

Puissance

PU'ISSANCE

,
Noun.
[L. posse, possum, potes, potest.]
Power; strength; might; force.

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