Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Puissant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Puissant \Pu"is*sant\, a. [F., originally, a p. pr. formed fr.
L. posse to be able: cf. L. potens powerful. See {Potent}.]
Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or
empire. `` Puissant deeds.'' --Milton.

Of puissant nations which the world possessed.
--Spenser.

And worldlings in it are less merciful, And more
puissant. --Mrs.
Browning.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

puissant
adj : (archaic) powerful

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