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    Puissance, n. [F., fr. puissant. See Puissant, and cf. Potency, Potance, Potence.] Power; strength; might; force; potency. “ Youths of puissance.”  
    Tennyson.

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    The power and puissance of the king.
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    ☞ In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.
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