influence

1. n. A flowing in or upon; influx. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. n. Induction. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. n. a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc Source: wordnet

7. n. causing something without any direct or apparent effort Source: wordnet

8. n. a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do Source: wordnet

9. n. the effect of one thing (or person) on another Source: wordnet

10. n. one having power to influence another Source: wordnet

11. v. have and exert influence or effect Source: wordnet

12. v. shape or influence; give direction to Source: wordnet

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