influence

influence has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. causing something without any direct or apparent effort
• n.. a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents' influence to get the job"
• n.. a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
• n.. one having power to influence another; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"
• n.. the effect of one thing (or person) on another; "the influence of mechanical action"
• v.. shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
• v.. induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"