1 to cheer for

2 to encourage

3 to boost the morale of

1 Hawaii, US state

1 might

2 formidable power

1 whiskey (loanword)

1 Venice

2 Venezia

1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people

1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)

1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)

1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)

1 lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)

2 fig. to act in the nick of time