Puissance

//ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    power, might or potency countable, uncountable

    "The Sarazin ſore daunted with the buffe / Snatcheth his ſword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff: / Each others equall puiſſaunce enuies, / And through their iron ſides with cruelties / Does ſeeke to perce: repining courage yields / No foote to foe."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of puissance. alt-of, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    power to influence or coerce wordnet
  4. 4
    The high-jump component of the sport of show jumping. countable, uncountable

    "It was in Dublin that San Lucas scored his first success in what has become something of a speciality for him, the puissance."

Etymology

From Middle English puissaunce, from Anglo-Norman puissance, pusaunce, and other forms, from Old French puissant (“powerful”).

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