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bellipotentadjective
mighty in war
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bellipotentadjective
Puissant; mighty in war. Dict.
Etymology: bellipotens, Lat.
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Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative) is a novella by American writer Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891. Acclaimed by critics as a masterpiece when a hastily transcribed version was finally published in 1924, it quickly took its place as a classic second only to Moby-Dick among Melville's works. Billy Budd is a "handsome sailor" who strikes and inadvertently kills his false accuser, Master-at-arms John Claggart. The ship's Captain, Edward Vere, recognizes Billy's lack of intent, but claims that the law of mutiny requires him to sentence Billy to be hanged. Melville began work on the novella in November 1886, revising and expanding it from time to time, but he left the manuscript in disarray. Melville's widow Elizabeth began to edit the manuscript for publication, but was not able to discern her husband's intentions at key points, even as to the book's title. Raymond M. Weaver, Melville's first biographer, was given the manuscript and published the 1924 version, which was marred by misinterpretation of Elizabeth's queries, misreadings of Melville's difficult handwriting, and even inclusion of a preface Melville had cut. Melville scholars Harrison Hayford and Merton M. Sealts Jr. published what is considered the best transcription and critical reading text in 1962. In 2017, Northwestern University Press published a "new reading text" based on a "corrected version" of Hayford and Sealts' genetic text prepared by G. Thomas Tanselle.Billy Budd has been adapted into film, a stage play, and an opera.
Webster Dictionary
Bellipotent
mighty in war; armipotent
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
bellipotent
Powerful or mighty in war.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bellipotent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bellipotent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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