Definition of sway

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

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Ruler :: Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
Potentate :: Potentate (a.) One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch..
Command :: Command (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
Empire :: Empire (n.) Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
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..
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man..
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Affection :: Affection (n.) Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency..
Oscillaria :: Oscillaria (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria..
Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..
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..
Arraswise :: Arraswise (adv.) Alt. of Arrasway.
Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..
Regal :: Regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway..
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..
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