0 present participle of wield
1 to hold a weapon or tool and look as if you are going to use it:
She was confronted by a man wielding a knife.
They were patrons of academic colleges, hospitals, chantries, wielding large sums of money and the ability to mould institutions in to the future.
Thus, for a court to have the potential of wielding real power, its jurisdiction must envelop salient political, social, and economic questions.
Rather, the 1920s 'was a time when women were engaged in the transformative stage from wielding in-uence to exercising power' (p. 9).
This is a thinking person's guide to usage, beside which many other books look like nannies dishing out blancmange or schoolmasters wielding the cane.
It also promises something to those who have the responsibility of wielding power over others.
There was a positive wielding of power over the processes of social and cultural reproduction.
Significantly, after the conclusion of the expedition, they were rewarded by being allowed to go on wielding a great deal of power and a conspicuous share of wealth.
Fidel has no more use for those wielding carrots than for those wielding sticks.
