Wield
To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.
To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
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.
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Wield Quotations
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
R. Buckminster Fuller
The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.
John Boehner
In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
Pat Boone
Well there are those that you wield and those that you join.
Richard Murdoch
Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.
Daniel Ortega
Wield Translations
wield in German is handhaben
wield in Swedish is hantera
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