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.
Regal :: Regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway..
Pedantocracy :: Pedantocracy (n.) The sway of pedants.
Countersway :: Countersway (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Swaying :: Swayed (imp. & p. p.) of Swa.
Swayful :: Swayed (a.) Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse..
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
Vogue :: Vogue (n.) Influence; power; sway.
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..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..
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..
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