Definition of sway

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Sway (v. i.) To have weight or influence.

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Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Power :: Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..
Rack :: Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse..
Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..
Oversway :: Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
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.
Rocking :: Rocking (a.) Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking..
Despotism :: Despotism (n.) The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny..
Swayed :: Sway-bracing (n.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying..
Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Sway :: Swaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swa.
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open..
Regal :: Regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway..
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