potence
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The three brigades on the right flank will be faced to the left and marched forward; the head of this column still forming en potence with the front line.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
To true divinities such power some grant; And power to compass more;—to Bacchus none Such potence own.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
Femaleness, or Recessiveness, on its side, however—being Life-Energy in the potential—is all the while engendering new potence for Dominance to transform into active, or functioning, power.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
The second division, under major general Desha, composed of Allen's and Caldwell's brigades, was formed en potence, or at right angles to the first division.
From Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians by Drake, Benjamin
A rapid occupation Must start the needful perspiration, And through thy frame the liquor's potence fling.
From Faust by Taylor, Bayard
