Word Meanings - PROTECTORAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power.
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- POWERFUL
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any - POWERABLE
1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden. - PROTECTORIAL
See PROTECTORAL - PROTECTORLESS
Having no protector; unprotected. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - POWERLESS
Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n. - PROTECTORSHIP
, The office of a protector or regent; protectorate. - POWER
See FISH - PROTECTOR
One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. Is it concluded he shall be protector ! Shak. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron. - PROTECTORAL
Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power. - PROTECTORATE
1. Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell. 2. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares - CANDLE POWER
Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. - IMPOWER
See EMPOWER - POLICE POWER
The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers - DISEMPOWER
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell. - EMPOWER
1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize ; as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor. 2. To give - UNPOWER
Want of power; weakness. Piers Plowman. - CONCERT OF THE POWERS
An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question. - UNPOWERFUL
Not powerful; weak. Cowley. - HORSE POWER
. 1. The power which a horse exerts. - OVERPOWER
To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth. Syn. -- To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush; overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; - OUTPOWER
To excel in power; to overpover. Fuller.