Hold and Wield

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Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Wield is a synonym for hold in have topic. In some cases you can use "Wield" instead a verb "Hold", when it comes to topics like use, grasp.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Wield verb - Have and exercise.

Usage example: wield power and authority

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Hold is a synonym for wield in exercise topic. You can use "Hold" instead a verb "Wield", if it concerns topics such as control, have, use.

Nearby Word: wielding

fire	hold fire	wield fire
power	hold power	wield power
kind	hold kind	wield kind
amount	hold amount	wield amount
Other words: number, way, weapon, knife, sword, gun, weapons.

There was a demigoddess of swashbuckling adventure in Second Edition who had the ability to wield anything she could hold in one hand as a +3 weapon.

Source: Improbable Weapon User / Tabletop Games
With the proper perks character can wield two regular weapons (without them, the weaker hand can only hold knives and lighter weapons), and the penalties are removed.

Source: Tabletop Game / The Witcher: Game of Imagination
In all of history, only one person was able to wield it naturally, and even she couldn't hold on for too long (her reincarnation, one of the main characters, thinks she could hold the Stone for about five minutes or so before the reaction set in).

Source: Artifact of Death

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