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Antonyms for wielding

Grammar : Verb
Spell : weeld
Phonetic Transcription : wild


Definition of wielding

Origin :
  • Old English weldan (Mercian), wieldan, wealdan (West Saxon) "to govern, possess, have control over" (class VII strong verb; past tense weold, past participle gewealden), merged with weak verb wyldan, both from Proto-Germanic *wal-t- (cf. Old Saxon and Gothic waldan, Old Frisian walda "to govern, rule," Old Norse valda "to rule, wield, to cause," Old High German waltan, German walten "to rule, govern").
  • The Germanic words probably are from PIE *waldh- (cf. Old Church Slavonic vlado "to rule," vlasti "power;" Lithuanian veldu "to rule, possess"), from root *wal- "to be strong, to rule" (see valiant).
  • verb control, use
Example sentences :
  • He had seized a sword from a dying hand and was wielding it with aptitude and power.
  • Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • Then wielding the sword aloft, he made it whiz past Mr. Landor's neck.
  • Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
  • One began to dream the sensation of wielding unmeasured power.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
  • He is often depicted as wielding a huge adze, and engaged in constructing the world.
  • Extract from : « Religions of Ancient China » by Herbert A. Giles
  • The force which the chief expended in wielding his club now began to be apparent.
  • Extract from : « The Coral Island » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • More arts than that of wielding the French tongue are learned in Paris.
  • Extract from : « Too Old for Dolls » by Anthony Mario Ludovici
  • While her lover was wielding the sword she, too, had a battle to fight.
  • Extract from : « In The Fire Of The Forge, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • Then he was gone into the night and Janet could hear him wielding the shovel outside.
  • Extract from : « Janet Hardy in Hollywood » by Ruthe S. Wheeler
  • They were judged by the boys according to their varying abilities in wielding the strap.
  • Extract from : « My Life » by Josiah Flynt
  • Not that Disraeli did not experience a genuine joy in the wielding of the pen.
  • Extract from : « Modernities » by Horace Barnett Samuel

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