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Definition
to have or use
The exact meaning of wield can depend upon its context. For example:
- "to wield an ax" — to have it in hand
- "to wield power or influence" — to have or exercise power or influence
- The matrons, meantime, offered vinaigrettes and wielded fans; and again and again reiterated the expression of their concern that their warning had not been taken in time; and the elder gentlemen laughed, and the younger urged their services on the agitated fair ones.Chapter 18 (97% in)
There are no more uses of "wield" in Jane Eyre.
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