Definition of power:

• In real property law. A power is an authority to do some act in relation to real property, or to the creation or revocation of an estate therein, or a charge thereon, which the owner granting or reserving such power might himself perform for any purpose. Civ. Code Dak.
• supply the force or power for the functioning of; " The gasoline powers the engines"
• A supernatural being or agent; in arith. and alg., the product arising from the multiplying of a quantity or number into itself one or more time; in law, a reservation in a deed or agreement; in mech., the moving force of a body or machine, or that which produces it; in optics, the maguifying strength.
• possession of the qualities ( especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; " danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; " the mysterious presence of an evil power"; " may the force be with you"; " the forces of evil"
• physical strength
• ( of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; " being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; " during his first year in power"
• ( physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/ second)
• ( of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; " being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; " during his first year in office"; " during his first year in power"; " the power of the president"
• Same as Poor, the fish.
• Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
• Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
• Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
• The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
• The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.
• A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
• A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
• The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.
• A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
• A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
• The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
• Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
• The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.
• An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.
• Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
• The exertion of a strong influence or control over others in a variety of settings-- administrative, social, academic, etc.
• State of being able to do or perform something; energy put forth; force; strength; rule; authority; state or nation; great influence; the rate at which mechanical energy is put forth; as, ten horse power; the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself; as, four is the second power of two.
• Strength: energy: faculty of the mind: any agency: moving force of anything: rule: authority: influence: ability: capacity: a ruler: a divinity: the result of the continued multiplication of a quantity by itself any given number of times: ( optics) magnifying strength: ( obs.) a great many.
• Authority; influence; strength; faculty; a State; multiplication of a number by itself.
• Authority.
• Strength manifested in effective action; energy.
• Any agent that exercises power.
• Powerness.
• The faculty of doing or performing anything; force; strength; energy; ability; influence; dominion; authority; a ruler; one who or that which has power; a divinity; a supernatural being supposed to have dominion over some part of creation; military force: legal authority; that which produces motion or force; the product arising from the multiplication of a number or quantity into itself. Power of attorney, a written authority to act for another.
• Ability; capacity; strength; energy; faculty or energy of mind; influence; rule or authority; a sovereign; one invested with authority.
• Powerly.
• Powerless.
• Possessing power, as a power- loom.

Usage examples for power

1. I will do everything in my power to stop this marriage.  The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler

2. By their own power?  Donal Grant by George MacDonald

3. You shall stay too: I would I had the power To say so to my Husband Sicin.  Coriolanus by Shakespeare, William

4. Is there no hope for her- no power to save?  Poems by Victor Hugo