might
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Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group.
(RQ:Book of Common Prayer)ſtrengthed with all myght, thꝛough his gloꝛious power, unto all pacience and long ſufferyng with ioifulneſſe(..)
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1969, ''{unattributed}'', Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 99
- "Since every nation considers itself right, peace lies in balancing the military mights of the possible rivals."
Physical strength or force.
''He pushed with all his might, but still it would not move.''
The ability to do something.
Used to indicate conditional or possible actions.
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(RQ:Joseph Hall Characters of Virtues and Vice)
- The characterism of an honest man: He looks not to what he might do, but what he should.
(RQ:Chambers Younger Set). ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
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(en-simple past of) Used to indicate permission in past tense.
1922, (w), ''(w)'', Chapter 60:
- The king and queen of Tahiti might not touch the ground anywhere but within their hereditary domains; for the ground on which they trod became sacred.
(en-simple past of) Used to indicate possibility in past tense.
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(non-gloss definition)
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Even though.
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Used in polite requests for permission
Used to express certainty.