Definition of sway

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Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..

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Crossway :: Crossway (n.) See Crossroad.
Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.
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 :: Swaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swa.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
Oversway :: Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.
Swaying :: Swayful (a.) Able to sway.
Swaying :: Swayed (imp. & p. p.) of Swa.
Power :: Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Influence :: Influence (v. t.) To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To have weight or influence.
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
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..
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man..
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..
Swayful :: Swayed (a.) Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
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