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{{cap|strength}} or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

{{cap|power}} exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

(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.

(ability 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.

(law) Legal validity.

(law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

(pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.

(actuarial science) The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.

{{lb|en|humorous|or|science fiction|with (the)|often|capitalized}}(Star Wars) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' universe created by {{w|George Lucas}}. {{n-g|See usage note.}}

(in the singular or plural) (police force)

To violate (a woman); to rape.

To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.

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.

(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.

(whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

(archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

(archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

(obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.

(Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.

To stuff; to lard; to farce.