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   wield

   /wiːld/

   verb

   • 1. hold and use (a weapon or tool): "a masked raider wielding a handgun" Similar brandishflourishwavetwirldisplayflaunthold aloftshow offswingshakeuseput to useemployhandleplymanipulateoperate
   • ▪ have and be able to use (power or influence): "faction leaders wielded enormous influence within the party" Similar exerciseexertbe possessed ofhavehave at one's disposalholdmaintaincommandcontrolmanagebe in charge of

   Word Origin Old Englishwealdan, wieldan ‘govern, subdue, direct’, of Germanic origin; related to German walten.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wielder noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • W

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   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • L

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   • D

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