Crossword clues for wielded
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wield \Wield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wielding.] [OE. welden to govern, to have power over, to possess, AS. geweldan, gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS. waldan, OFries. walda, G. walten, OHG. waltan, Icel. valda, Sw. v[*a]lla to occasion, to cause, Dan. volde, Goth. waldan to govern, rule, L. valere to be strong. Cf. Herald, Valiant.]
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To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess. [Obs.]
When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all things that he wieldeth ben in peace.
--Wyclif (Luke xi. 21).Wile [ne will] ye wield gold neither silver ne money in your girdles.
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To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
The famous orators . . . whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democraty.
--Milton.Her newborn power was wielded from the first by unprincipled and ambitions men.
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To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield!
--Shak.Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
--Milton.Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade.
--S. S. Smith.To wield the scepter, to govern with supreme command.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: wield)
Usage examples of "wielded".
No seasoned adventurer escaped her share of those, and Arilyn had learned to swing a chair as handily as she wielded a sword.
There was no doubt in the half-elf s mind: she was looking upon one of her ancestors, one of the elves who had once wielded the sword in her hand.
Nine people, including herself, had wielded the moon-blade since its forging in ancient Myth Drannor, and each had added a magical power to the sword.
Arilyn's mother had willingly embraced the service and the sacrifice required of those who wielded a moonblade, as had all the elves who now fought.
If there is any lack, it is because the moonblade has grown in power since she last wielded it.
Your soul is elven, else you could never have wielded a moonblade or sought another in rapport.
Yet they wielded an assortment of weapons crafted by humans and elves, a silent but powerful testament to previous successes.
He lunged low, knocking aside the spear wielded by the creature directly in front of him.
The ability to hurl this particular spell was granted to all Magistrati, but this man had not wielded the power long enough to remember its limitations: He could not hit a target he could neither see nor name.
A single knife wielded amid a throng of leaping, whirling drow could do considerable damage, and weapons were by law and custom left beyond the circle of a dance floor.
What the priestess spoke of was clerical magic, of course, which was much different from the innate power she herself had wielded since childhood.
These were priceless weapons, the pride of the drow who had wielded them.
The casting of a rune was not like the wizardly spells she wielded with ease and authority.
Granted, there were priestesses in her family who wielded more powerful clerical magic than her own, and two or three who might be able to cast the needed spell.
It pleased her, this blatant reminder of the power females wielded over lowly males.