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- noun Plural form of
power . - verb Third person singular simple present form of to
power .
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Examples
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Though the Federal Government is one of limited powers, _the people_ possess _all governmental powers_; and these are spoken of as powers
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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_natural powers_ of man, and compare this his _actual_ state with that for which, from a consideration of those powers, he seems to have been originally calculated, how are we to account for the astonishing contrast! will frailty or infirmity, or occasional lapses, or sudden surprisals, or any such qualifying terms, convey an adequate idea of the nature, or point out the cause of the distemper?
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. William Wilberforce 1796
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A major shift in powers from the Federal Government to the provinces has recently taken place.
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Support for such a reduction in powers is strongest in Quebec and Western Canada, and among younger Canadians.
Canada at the Crossroads: Public Opinion and the National Unity Debate 1991
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The immediate question before the powers is the German peace settlement.
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“Deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”.
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That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
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That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
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The separation of powers is a good example of this.
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The separation of powers is a good example of this.
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