mainful

comparative more mainful · superlative most mainful

1. archaicliteraryPowerful; 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

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   […] 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