2. Noun. (plural of power) ¹
3. Verb. Third person singular simple present form of ''to power.'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Powers
1. power [v] - See also: power
Lexicographical Neighbors of Powers
Literary usage of Powers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1888)
"As the powers delegated under the new system are more extensive, the government
which is to administer it would find itself still more distressed with the ..."
2. The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His by James Madison (1840)
"His object was to bring the House to a consideration, in the abstract, of the
powers necessary to be vested in the General Government. It had been said, ..."
3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1900)
"FEDERAL powers After having settled the limits within which the Federal Government
was to act, the next point was to determine the powers which it was to ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The principal Allied and Associated powers will then fix the frontier between
East Prussia and Poland in this region. If the line fixed by the principal ..."
5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1838)
"FEDERAL powers. AFTER having settled the limits within which the Federal Government
was to act, the next point was to determine the powers which it was to ..."
6. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"FEDERAL powers. AFTER having settled the limits within which the federal government
was to act, the next point was to determine the powers which it was to ..."
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