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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Swaying :: Swayful (a.) Able to sway.
Pedantocracy :: Pedantocracy (n.) The sway of pedants.
Stagger :: Stagger (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter..
Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
Misway :: Misway (n.) A wrong way.
Unswayable :: Unswayable (a.) Not capable of being swayed.
Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
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..
Ruler :: Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
Power :: Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Waggle :: Waggle (v. i.) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle..
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.
Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man..
Oversway :: Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open..
Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..
Swayful :: Swayed (a.) Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
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