wield

To handle (a weapon or tool, for example) with skill and ease.

To exercise (authority or influence, for example) effectively. synonym: handle.

Command; power; management.

To have power or sway over; rule; govern; manage.

To use or exert in governing; sway.

Hence, in general, to exercise; put to practical or active use, as a means, an instrument, or a weapon; use with freedom and ease: as, to wield a hammer.

To have; possess; enjoy.

To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.

To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.

To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ.