Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MIGHT'Y, a. [mity; Sax. mihtig.]

1. Having great bodily strength or physical power; very strong or vigorous; as, a mighty arm.
2. Very strong; valiant; bold; as, a mighty man of valor. Judges vi.
3. Very powerful; having great command. Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. Gen. x.
4. Very strong in numbers; as, a mighty nation. Gen. xviii.
5. Very strong or great in corporeal power; very able. Wo to them that are mighty to drink wine. Isa. v.
6. Violent; very loud; as, mighty thunderings. Ex. ix. Ps. lxviii.
7. Vehement; rushing with violence; as, a mighty wind or tempest. Ex. x. Rev. vi.
8. Very great; vast; as, mighty waters. Neh. ix.
9. Very great or strong; as, mighty power. 2 Chron. xxvi.
10. Very forcible; efficacious; as, great is truth and mighty. Esdras.
11. Very great or eminent in intellect or acquirements; as the mighty Scaliger and Selden. Echard
12. Great; wonderful; performed with great power; as mighty works. Matth. xi.
13. Very severe and distressing; as, a mighty famine. Luke xv.
14. Very great, large or populous; as, a mighty city. Rev. xviii.
15. Important; momentous. I sing of heroes and of kings, / In mighty numbers mighty things. Cowley.