Definition of Wield

v. t.1.
[imp. & p. p. Wielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wielding.]
1.To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.
When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all things that he wieldeth ben in peace.
- Wyclif (Luke xi. 21).
Wile [ne will] ye wield gold neither silver ne money in your girdles.
- Wyclif (Matt. x. 9.
2.To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
The famous orators . . . whose resistless eloquence
Wielded at will that fierce democraty.
- Milton.
Her newborn power was wielded from the first by unprincipled and ambitions men.
- De Quincey.
3.To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield!
- Shak.
Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
- Milton.
Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade.
- S. S. Smith.
To wield the scepter
to govern with supreme command.


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