Definition of sway

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Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

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Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To have weight or influence.
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 :: Swaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swa.
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 move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
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..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Rule; dominion; control.
Power :: Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Rack :: Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse..
Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..
Potentate :: Potentate (a.) One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch..
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..
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..
Swaying :: Swayful (a.) Able to sway.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing..
Sway-bracing :: Sway-backed (a.) Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Swayful :: Swayed (a.) Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse..
Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
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