Definition of influence

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Influence (n.) Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs..

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Soft :: Soft (superl.) Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind.
Measure :: Measure (n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion..
Appulsive :: Appulsive (a.) Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets..
Laugh :: Laugh (v. t.) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Voltaism :: Voltaism (n.) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals..
Prevailing :: Prevailing (a.) Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Bedevil :: Bedevil (v. t.) To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment..
Tweedle :: Tweedle (v. t.) To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight..
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery..
Prelatize :: Prelatize (v. t.) To bring under the influence of prelacy.
Exposure :: Exposure (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc..
Moonstruck :: Moonstruck (a.) Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence..
Umlaut :: Umlaut (n.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed..
Factor :: Factor (n.) One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent..
Naturalism :: Naturalism (n.) The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will..
Oestruation :: Oestruation (n.) The state of being under oestrual influence, or of having sexual desire..
Convulsionist :: Convulsionist (n.) One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. Medard..
Rust :: Rust (n.) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
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