Word
Influence
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-flu-ence
Definition
- n. - A flowing in or upon; influx.
- 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.
- 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.
- n. - Induction.
- 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.
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