Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Rule, command; power, control, wielding.

Examples

20 sentences

  1. He wields English well.

    Він добре володіє англійською. — brambury

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  2. Egypt wielded its usual authoritarian fist.

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  3. The peasantry revolted wielding pitchforks and clubs.

    ruКрестьяне восстали, взяв в руки вилы и дубинки. — Balamax

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  4. He learned to wield a paintbrush masterfully.

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  5. Do you know how to wield an epee?

    ruТы умеешь обращаться со шпагой? — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English welde, from Old English *wield, ġewield (“power, control, dominion”),

From Middle English welde, from Old English *wield, ġewield (“power, control, dominion”), from Proto-West Germanic *waldi, from Proto-Germanic *waldiz (“power, might, control”).

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Forms

plural: wields
Singularwield
Pluralwields

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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