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Wield vs Wieldance - What's the difference?

wield | wieldance |

As a verb wield

is (label) to command, rule over; to possess or own.

As a noun wieldance is

(obsolete) the act or power of wielding.

wield

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (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.

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    wieldance

    English

    Noun

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  • (obsolete) The act or power of wielding.
    • Our weak wieldance — Bp. Hall.
    (Webster 1913)