Definition of sway

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Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..

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Rock :: Rock (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter..
Sway-bracing :: Sway-backed (a.) Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals..
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Swaying :: Swayed (imp. & p. p.) of Swa.
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Pedantocracy :: Pedantocracy (n.) The sway of pedants.
Lord :: Lord (v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
Swayed :: Sway-bracing (n.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying..
Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Swing :: Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Arrasways :: Arrasways (adv.) Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form..
Domination :: Domination (n.) The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway..
Oversway :: Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.
Crossway :: Crossway (n.) See Crossroad.
Command :: Command (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge..
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind..
Vogue :: Vogue (n.) Influence; power; sway.
Sweinmote :: Sweigh (n.) Sway; movement.
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