puissance Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun power to influence or coerce
- the puissance of the labor vote
WordNet
Pu"is*sance noun
Etymology
F., fr.Definitions
Power; strength; might; force; potency. " Youths of puissance." Tennyson.The power and puissance of the king. Shak.
✍ In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.