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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Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit..
Earwig :: Earwig (v. t.) To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk..
Muss :: Muss (n.) A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble..
Jetty :: "Jetty (n.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River..
#NAME? :: -ence () A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance..
Regenerative :: Regenerative (a.) Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences..
Sermonize :: Sermonize (v. t.) To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons.
Accusative :: Accusative (a.) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..
Wahabee :: Wahabee (n.) A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India..
Witchcraft :: Witchcraft (n.) Power more than natural; irresistible influence.
Increase :: Increase (v. t.) To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence..
Marcian :: Marcian (a.) Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold.
Blight :: Blight (n.) Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences..
Barratry :: Barratry (n.) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.
Tend :: Tend (a.) To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction..
Saturnine :: Saturnine (a.) Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn..
Moonstruck :: Moonstruck (a.) Produced by the supposed influence of the moon.
Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. i.) To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress..
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..
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