[ UK /pjˈuːɪsəns/ ]
NOUN
  1. power to influence or coerce
    the puissance of the labor vote
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How To Use puissance In A Sentence

  • Samsung and Fáilte Ireland, the principal sponsors, are this year joined by Land Rover Ireland which adds its name to the Puissance (high wall) competition.
  • While less deference may be due now that the formal authority's impuissance has been exposed, this is not the time to mock, point fingers, or rest on our laurels. Karthika Sasikumar: The Fractures That Breed Danger
  • But their puissance cannot conceal their incurable inferiority.
  • Consideréz l'incapacité de L'Etat de Berne qui pour n'avoir pas des forces maritimes ne Scauroit Soutenir un Pays si eloigné 6. ce Pays est desia marqué par les deux Puissances L'Espagne et la France, La premiere possedant les Pays delà de la Riviere contre le Mexique, La Seconde ce qui est de ça la Riviere le prenant pour une dependance ou plutost une bienseance Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languag
  • Burnell sketched the exterior of the church, enjoying its increasing puissance as evening drew near. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
  • She thought she was sick; she had never felt such impuissance. In Other Worlds
  • Prussia the corrosive influence (_la puissance corrosive_) of the empire. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution
  • Harry, riding XL, and Conor were two of six riders to share second place in Saturday's Puissance.
  • I believe that this divinity, is a result of a puissance that is present in every particle, the rhythm of creation.
  • 3 That of his puissance proud example made; puissance > power, strength proud > (Refers to both "his puissance" and the "ensample") 4 His monstrous scalp down to his teeth it tore, scalp > scalp; _or: _ crown of the head, cranium The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
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