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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Ruler :: Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
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..
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.
Misway :: Misway (n.) A wrong way.
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Sweinmote :: Sweigh (n.) Sway; movement.
Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
Sovereignty :: Sovereignty (n.) The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Swag :: Swag (n.) A swaying, irregular motion..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Rule; dominion; control.
Command :: Command (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current..
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
Rocking :: Rocking (a.) Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking..
Guy :: Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened..
Waddle :: Waddle (v. i.) To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles..
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