Wield vs Transact - What's the difference?
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(label) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
*, Bk.V, Ch.7:
*:There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes.
(label) To control, to guide or manage.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.10:
*:With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends.
To handle with skill and ease, especially of a weapon or tool.
To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.
To do, carry through, conduct or perform some action.
To carry over, hand over or transfer something.
To conduct business.
To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.