wielding

verbcontrol, use

Synonyms for wielding

verb control, use

Antonyms for wielding

operating

adjective. causing to function

Word Origin & History

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).

Example Sentences for wielding

He had seized a sword from a dying hand and was wielding it with aptitude and power.

Then wielding the sword aloft, he made it whiz past Mr. Landor's neck.

One began to dream the sensation of wielding unmeasured power.

He is often depicted as wielding a huge adze, and engaged in constructing the world.

The force which the chief expended in wielding his club now began to be apparent.

More arts than that of wielding the French tongue are learned in Paris.

While her lover was wielding the sword she, too, had a battle to fight.

Then he was gone into the night and Janet could hear him wielding the shovel outside.

They were judged by the boys according to their varying abilities in wielding the strap.

Not that Disraeli did not experience a genuine joy in the wielding of the pen.

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