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Influence   /ˈɪnfluəns/   Listen
Influence

noun
1.
A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc.
2.
Causing something without any direct or apparent effort.
3.
A cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do.
4.
The effect of one thing (or person) on another.
5.
One having power to influence another.  "He was a bad influence on the children"
verb
(past & past part. influenced; pres. part. influencing)
1.
Have and exert influence or effect.  Synonyms: act upon, work.  "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
2.
Shape or influence; give direction to.  Synonyms: determine, mold, regulate, shape.  "Mold public opinion"
3.
Induce into action by using one's charm.  Synonyms: charm, tempt.



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"Influence" Quotes from Famous Books



... year before, with Prof. Sars, the forms which I have already mentioned dredged by his son at a depth of 300 to 400 fathoms off the Loffoten Islands. I propounded my views to my fellow-labourer, and we discussed the subject many times over our microscopes. I strongly urged Dr. Carpenter to use his influence at head-quarters to induce the Admiralty, probably through the Council of the Royal Society, to give us the use of a vessel properly fitted with dredging gear and all necessary scientific apparatus, that many heavy questions as to ...
— Discourses - Biological and Geological Essays • Thomas H. Huxley

... the Temple made him a popular hero in England. He was known to have great influence with the Turkish authorities, and he was sent to the East in the double office of envoy-extraordinary to the Porte, and commander of the squadron at Alexandria. By one of the curious coincidences which marked Sidney Smith's career, he became acquainted while in ...
— Deeds that Won the Empire - Historic Battle Scenes • W. H. Fitchett

... painted, but the very reverse. Of course, as long as woman was the slave of man, she could not be good and pure, but now that she was free and independent she would prove how good she could be and how her influence would have a purifying effect on all institutions in society. True, the movement for woman's rights has broken many old fetters, but it has also established new ones. The great movement of true emancipation has not ...
— Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 • Various

... 1500, in the town of Painala, in the Province of Coatzacualco, one of the feudatory divisions of the great Aztec empire of Mexico, there was born a young girl who was destined to exercise upon the fortunes of her country an influence as great as it was baleful, as wonderful as it was unfortunate. She was the daughter of the Cacique of Tenepal, who was Lord of the town and province, a feoff of the Mexican Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin. This ...
— South American Fights and Fighters - And Other Tales of Adventure • Cyrus Townsend Brady

... cauliflower, celery tops, lettuce, onion, Swiss chard, turnip tops, and other leaves employed as greens, water cress, etc., not only contain these vital elements, but they also exert a favourable influence on sluggish bowels and kidneys. They are low in caloric value, hence are low in fat-producing properties, and can be consumed ...
— Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories • Lulu Hunt Peters


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