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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Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
Vogue :: Vogue (n.) Influence; power; sway.
Swayful :: Swayed (a.) Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse..
Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards..
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Crossway :: Crossway (n.) See Crossroad.
Swayed :: Sway-bracing (n.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying..
Rack :: Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse..
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To have weight or influence.
Unswayable :: Unswayable (a.) Not capable of being swayed.
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
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..
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..
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing..
Countersway :: Countersway (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
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