Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Management; control.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Power; authority; rule.

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  • verb Present participle of wield.

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Examples

  • (That little touch of the rifle kicking back speaks volumes about the disjunct between generic and naturalistic representations of weapons and power, and of the reactions and consequences involved in wielding them.)

    Archive 2008-01-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • (That little touch of the rifle kicking back speaks volumes about the disjunct between generic and naturalistic representations of weapons and power, and of the reactions and consequences involved in wielding them.)

    Freeform Critique Hal Duncan 2008

  • Mrs. Stuart is not alone in wielding the bludgeon.

    Archive 2007-10-14 2007

  • Mrs. Stuart is not alone in wielding the bludgeon.

    Referendum News 2007

  • Fortunately, erudite scholars like Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Mehlman have taken the reigns in wielding the power of Greater Israel, much like Phaethon took control of the sun.

    Think Progress » U.S. approves two more weeks of fighting. 2006

  • Her dual-wielding is believable enough that we share in the expectation that anyone stupid enough to come near her will be cut down.

    Archive 2005-12-01 Richard Nokes 2005

  • Her dual-wielding is believable enough that we share in the expectation that anyone stupid enough to come near her will be cut down.

    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Review Richard Nokes 2005

  • Many who are producing the weapons and materials of war are wondering if they might not be of greater value to the country in wielding rather than by forging those weapons.

    Canada's Reserve Army 1943

  • The pith of the alternative is, whether we shall cover our most vulnerable part with defensive armour, to be worn at all times, or whether we shall trust to our own weapon of offence, and to our skill in wielding it, whenever driven to do so, just how and where it will be most dreaded.

    Defence of Canada 1865

  • …. then the use of the term "wielding" is indeed correct.

    SOMEONE SAW THE STAR TREK TEASER!! 2008

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