| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The power or capacity to produce a desired result: effect, effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficacy, efficiency, influence. See AFFECT. 2. Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity: animation, energy, force, might, power, puissance, sprightliness, steam, strength. Informal : get-up-and-go, go, pep, peppiness, zip. See ACTION. 3. The state or quality of being physically strong: brawn, might, muscle, potence, power, powerfulness, puissance, sinew, strength, thew (often used in plural). See STRONG.
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