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Common
noun
•
Strength
or energy of
body
or
mind
;
active power
;
vigour
; might;
capacity
of
exercising
an
influence
or
producing
an
effect
.
•
Power
exerted
against will or
consent
;
compulsory
power;
violence
;
coercion
.
•
Anything that
is able to
make a
substantial
change in a person or
thing
.
•
In Physics:
A
physical quantity
that
denotes
ability
to
push
,
pull
,
twist
or
accelerate
a
body
and which has a
direction
and is
measured
in a
unit
dimensioned
in
mass
× distance/time² (ML/T²):
SI
:
newton
(N);
CGS
:
dyne
(dyn)
•
Something
or anything
that has the power to
produce
a
physical
effect
upon
something else
, such as
causing
it to
move
or change
shape
.
•
A group that
aims
to
attack
, control, or
constrain
.
•
The
ability
to
attack
, control, or
constrain
.
•
A
magic trick
in which the
outcome
is known to the
magician
beforehand,
especially
one
involving
the
apparent
free
choice
of a
card
by another person.
•
In Law:
Legal
validity
.
•
In Law:
Either
unlawful
violence
,
as in
a "forced
entry
", or
lawful
compulsion
.
•
In Linguistics, Pragmatics & Semantics:
Ability
of an
utterance
or its
element
(word, form,
prosody
, ...) to
effect
a
given
meaning
.
•
In Science fiction & Star Wars:
A
metaphysical
and
ubiquitous
power from the
fictional
Star Wars
universe
created
by
George Lucas
. See
usage
note
.
•
Synonym
of
police force
(“typically with
preceding
"the"”)
•
In Northern England English:
A
waterfall
or
cascade
.
verb
•
To
violate
(a
woman
); to
rape
.
•
To
exert
oneself
, to
do one's utmost
.
•
To
compel
(someone
or something
) to do something.
•
To
constrain
by
force
; to
overcome
the
limitations
or
resistance
of.
•
To
drive
(something) by
force
, to
propel
(generally +
prepositional phrase
or
adverb
).
•
To
cause
to
occur
(despite
inertia
,
resistance
etc.); to
produce
through
force
.
•
To
forcibly
open
(a
door
,
lock
etc.).
•
To
obtain
or
win
by
strength
; to take by
violence
or
struggle
;
specifically
, to
capture
by
assault
; to
storm
, as a
fortress
.
•
In Baseball:
To
create
an out by
touching
a
base
in advance of
a
runner
who has no
base
to
return
to while in
possession
of a
ball
which has already
touched
the
ground
.
•
To
compel
(an
adversary
or
partner
) to
trump
a
trick
by
leading
a
suit
that
he/she
does not
hold
.
•
To
put
in force
; to
cause
to be
executed
; to make
binding
; to
enforce
.
•
To provide with
forces
; to
reinforce
; to
strengthen
by
soldiers
; to
man
; to
garrison
.
•
To
allow
the
force
of; to value; to
care for
.
•
To
stuff
; to
lard
; to
farce
.
name
•
Falls
. used in
place names
.
•
A
surname
.
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horse
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course
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