Power given to the French after test case (7)
I believe the answer is:
example
'case' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'power given to the french after test' is the wordplay.
'power' becomes 'p'.
'given to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'test' becomes 'exam' ('exam' can be a synonym of 'test'**).
'p' next to 'le' is 'ple'.
'ple' after 'exam' is 'EXAMPLE'.
(Other definitions for example that I've seen before include "Model - instance" , "Illustration or paradigm" , "Instance, specimen" , "Illustrative case" , "Illustration or model" .)