| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | puis·sance |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pw s  ns, py -sns, py-sns |
| NOUN: | Power; might. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from poissant, powerful, present participle of pooir, to be able. See power. | | OTHER FORMS: | puissant —ADJECTIVE
puissant·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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