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puissance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | power, powerfulness |
| Derivation | puissant |
the puissance of the labor vote.
Examples of puissance
puissance
I woke up the next morning full of puissance and vinegar, as the Brits would say.
From the theatlantic.com
Laurence Olivier invaded the 20th century stage and film with his puissance and his presence.
From the time.com
That inner reality is explored with remarkable perception and puissance in Diary of a Schiiophrenic Girl.
From the time.com
De Gaulle did it mostly to kick Uncle Sam's shins, for Bo had long since had all the perquisites and puissance of a full-fledged ambassador.
From the time.com
Now that the Iraqi debacle has made American puissance look rather less hyper, Mr Sarkozy can afford to treat the chastened superpower with magnanimity.
From the economist.com
In other words, many of the French do not consider the new Europe, symbolised by the constitution, as a guarantor of Mr Chirac's Europe puissance.
From the economist.com
The maritime unions are small-a total membership of 76,000-but their political puissance rivals the billow of a spinnaker in a full wind.
From the time.com
A host of Easter entertainment will be on offer for all the family featuring other top jockeys including John Francome and Mick Fitzgerald competing in the puissance competition and schooling horses.
From the newburytoday.co.uk
- Power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor vote"
- Puissance is the high-jump competition in the equestrian sport of show jumping.
- Puissance is a Swedish martial neoclassical music group formed in 1993 consisting of members Henry Mu00F6ller (who also plays in Arditi) and Frederik Su00F6derlund.
- Power, might or potency
- (n): power, military army/might. FS (7-2H6, 3H6, John, 2H4, H5, Lear, TNK); Golding Ovid; Greene G a G; (anon.) Locrine, Leic Gh; Spenser FQ. puissant (a): powerful. FS (11); Golding Ovid; Marlowe T1; Kyd Sp Tr; (anon.) Woodstock, Mucedorus, Leic Gh.
- Noun - [now chiefly literary] power; strength; might; force; potency
- A type of jumping contest where the number of barriers the horse must jump over is decreased after each round but the height of the barriers increases.
