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mainful

mainful adjective: powerful; mighty.

Adjective

mainful (comparative more mainful, superlative most mainful)

  1. (archaic, literary) Powerful; mighty.
    • […] And others, the rebellious cast down / Upon them : thus the mainful main was isled / From the disruption'd heaven ; but the Lord / Present commands his saints […]1844, The wars of Jehovah, in Heaven, earth and Hell
    • […] to make some nook of God's creation a little more fruitful, better, more worthy of God; to make some human hearts a little wiser, more mainful, happier, more blessed, less accursed.1906, Clarkson College of Technology, Clarkson College of Technology Bulletin - Volume 3
    Synonyms:
    mightful

Synonyms of mainful

Forms of mainful

comparativemore mainful
superlativemost mainful

Origin of mainful

From Middle English meinful, mainful, maynful; equivalent to main (“power, might”) + -ful.

Questions about mainful

What does mainful mean?
Mainful means powerful; mighty.
What part of speech is mainful?
Mainful is an adjective.

Words near mainful in the dictionary

  1. mainframed
  2. mainframelike
  3. mainframer
  4. mainframers
  5. mainframes
  6. mainful
  7. maingain
  8. maingained
  9. maingaining
  10. maingains
  11. maingate

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