Wield

/wiːld/ · verb

Meaning

To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool..

Definitions by Sense

1. To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
2. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.
3. (obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
4. (obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.
5. (obsolete) To carry out, to bring about.
6. Rule, command; power, control, wielding.

Example Sentences

The question isn't whether AI will reshape human society—it's whether its engineers will wield that power thoughtfully.

There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes.

With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends[…].

All is weill done, God wate, weild he hys will.

What boots it if I beat the heathen home, And fold the mountains in my wield, and fire […]

[…] telling him of the treasures concealed in the cave, of the mysterious ring and tarnhelmet, possessing which he can hold the wield of the world.

All wealth in my wield is, I know by my wit […]

“Trust me, I will make them listen,” he hissed and for the first time, he used his wield fallaciously, because instead of giving life, he absorbed it from the tree.

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Word Forms

• wields
• wielding
• wielded
• welde
• weild
• weelde

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