puissant
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pu′is·sant adjective
Origin: 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.” John Milton
Of puissant nations which the world possessed.— Edmund Spenser
And worldlings in it are less merciful, And more puissant.— Eliz. Barrett Browning
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54