influence

  • 31influence — Synonyms and related words: Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, acme, act on, act upon, actuation, advance, affect, alter, amperage, animation, armipotence, ascendancy, authority, authorization, bad influence, be all and end all, beef, behind the… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32influence — {{11}}influence (n.) late 14c., an astrological term, streaming ethereal power from the stars acting upon character or destiny of men, from O.Fr. influence emanation from the stars that acts upon one s character and destiny (13c.), also a flow of …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 33influence — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin influentia, from Latin influent , influens, present participle of influere to flow in, from in + fluere to flow more at fluid Date: 14th century 1. a. an ethereal fluid held… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34INFLUENCE —     Tout ce qui vous entoure influe sur vous en physique, en morale: vous le savez assez.     Peut on influer sur un être sans toucher, sans remuer cet être ?     On a démontré enfin cette étonnante propriété de la matière, de graviter sans… …

    Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire

  • 35influence — 1. noun 1) the influence of parents on their children Syn: effect, impact; control, sway, hold, power, authority, mastery, domination, supremacy; guidance, direction; pressure 2) a bad influence on young girls …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 36influence — 1. noun 1) the influence of parents on their children Syn: effect, impact, control, spell, hold, magic 2) a bad influence on young girls Syn: example to, role model for, inspiration to 3) …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 37influence — n. & v. n. 1 a (usu. foll. by on, upon) the effect a person or thing has on another. b (usu. foll. by over, with) moral ascendancy or power. c a thing or person exercising such power (is a good influence on them). 2 Astrol. an ethereal fluid… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 38influence — in•flu•ence [[t]ˈɪn flu əns[/t]] n. v. enced, enc•ing 1) the capacity or power of persons or things to produce effects on others by intangible or indirect means 2) the action or process of producing such effects 3) a person or thing that exerts… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39influence — /ˈɪnfluəns / (say infloohuhns) noun 1. invisible or insensible action exerted by one thing or person on another, especially by people in power. 2. power of producing effects by invisible or insensible means: spheres of influence. 3. a thing or… …

  • 40influence — [14] Influence began life as an astrological term. It was coined in medieval Latin as influentia from the present participle of Latin influere ‘flow in’, a compound verb based on fluere ‘flow’, and to begin with denoted a sort of fluid that was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins