Influence(n.) A flowing in or upon; influx.
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.
Influence(n.) Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.
Influence(n.) Induction.
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.
Influenced(imp. & p. p.) of Influence
Influencer(n.) One who, or that which, influences.
Influencing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Influence
Influencive(a.) Tending toinfluence; influential.
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