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mightful, a. arch.|ˈmaɪtfʊl|
[f. might n. + -ful; cf. G. machtvoll.]
1. Mighty, powerful; † efficacious.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 100 He ðe it made is miȝtful and wis. 1340Ayenb. 237 Þe sacrement þet is y-mad..be þe hand of þe kueade ministre ne is naȝt..lesse miȝtuol uor to halȝy ham. 1420E.E. Wills (1882) 47, I bequeth my soule into the mercy off mythfull Ihesu. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 396 The michtfull maker of the sone and mone. 1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie i. 55 Musicke..is so mightfull, that it preuayleth in the taming of beastes. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. iv. iv. 5 The mightfull Gods. 1859Tennyson Geraint & Enid 95 Far liefer had I..watch his mightful hand striking great blows At caitiffs. 1876Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 58 Not with blasts of mightful preaching. 1891Blackw. Mag. CL. 837 Mightful arms and thoughtful brains.
†b. absol. Also n., a ‘mightful’ man. Obs. rare.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3755 And two miȝtful he hauen taken,..On dathan an oðer Abiron. a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1889) 53 We rede in a buke of Danyele þat a myghtfull was þat [etc.].
2. Of actions: Proceeding from arbitrary power.
1895Tablet 25 May 804 These mightful assaults by the State on the Church.
Hence ˈmightfully adv., ˈmightfulness.
c1325Metr. Hom. 14 He herid hel als mihti thain, And broht thaim al that war his, Mihtfullik in till his blis. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 754 If in myghtfulnes four scor yhere falle, Mare es þair swynk and sorow with-alle. c1440Gesta Rom. lxi. 256 (Harl. MS.) As he Iustid with a sone of the knyȝtes, he caste him downe of his horse myȝttefully. 1567Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 108 He sall saif the mychtfullie. |