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At one point in a particular work of fiction, a character announces
我が力、とくとご覧あれ！ As I understand, it means 'Behold my power!' But I don't know
what とくと means. I would guess it's archaic, since the whole sentence sounds
archaic, but I might be wrong. Is it some kind of honorific word?
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What does とくと mean?
「とくと」 means 「よく」= "carefully", "thoroughly", etc. It should be found in any
small monolingual dictionaries.

The word is not really archaic; It is just not used often in informal
conversation.

It is used quite often in dramatic- or theatrical-sounding **_imperative or
request_** asking one to do something thoroughly just like in your example. In
other words, one would expect to hear it more often in fiction than in real
life.

The verbs most often used with 「とくと」 would be 「見{み}る」,「聞{き}く」,「考{かんが}える」, etc.
「ご覧{らん}になる」 in your example, of course, is the honorific form of 「見る」.
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とくと is used when you're trying to check on something thoroughly.  
It is another form of totteyoku とってよく.

Take something in one's hand to have a good look.  
何かを手にとってよく見る
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