Sekirov Dictionary

wield

/wiːld/

verb 5
noun 1
forms 3

verb5

To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
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To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.
- The question isn't whether AI will reshape human society—it's whether its engineers will wield that power thoughtfully. — 2025
(no longer used) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
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(no longer used) To control, to guide or manage.
- With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends[…]. — 1596
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(no longer used) To carry out, to bring about.
- All is weill done, God wate, weild he hys will. — 1513

noun1

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Rule, command; power, control, wielding.
- What boots it if I beat the heathen home, And fold the mountains in my wield, and fire […] — 1872

forms

wielded · wielding · wields

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