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active powers
n. (active power English)
Usage examples of "active powers".
He assumed the purple at his head- quarters of Cologne, and his active powers appeared to menace Italy with an invasion, and Milan with a siege.
Under the title of great duke, he accepted or assumed, during a long minority, the active powers of government.
When really touched by affliction, her active powers had been all benumbed.
Here contemplation lacks the active powers representing the content of consciousness in the pre-earthly state.