Definition of sway

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Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide..

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Sway :: Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..
Empire :: Empire (n.) Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Command :: Command (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
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.
Swag :: Swag (n.) A swaying, irregular motion..
Rack :: Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse..
Pedantocracy :: Pedantocracy (n.) The sway of pedants.
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.
Domination :: Domination (n.) The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Swayed :: Sway-bracing (n.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying..
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..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide..
Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
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..
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