different between wield vs transact

English

Etymology

From Middle English welden, from Old English wieldan (“to control”), from Proto-Germanic *waldijan?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?ld, IPA^(key): /wi?ld/
• Rhymes: -i?ld
• Homophones: wealed, Weald, weald, wheeled (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Verb

wield (third-person singular simple present wields, present participle wielding, simple past and past participle wielded)

1. (obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.

   • There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes.

2. (obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.10:

     With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends […].

3. To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
4. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

Derived terms

• bewield
• wieldsome
• wieldy

Translations

Anagrams

• Wilde, wiled

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wilde, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognate with English wild.

Adjective

wield

1. wild

Alternative forms

• wüüld

Scots

Etymology

From Old English wieldan (“to control”), a derivative of wealdan (“to govern”), from Proto-Germanic *waldan?. Cognate with German walten, Swedish vålla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?ld/

Verb

wield

1. To control, to guide or manage.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?n-z?kt', IPA^(key): /?t?æn?zækt/

Verb

transact (third-person singular simple present transacts, present participle transacting, simple past and past participle transacted)

1. (transitive) To do, carry through, conduct or perform some action.
2. (transitive) To carry over, hand over or transfer something.
3. (intransitive) To conduct business.
4. To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.

Related terms

• transaction
• transactional
• transactive

Translations