influence
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/ noun A2- The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. · I have absolutely no influence over him.
- An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change. · I'm not able to exercise influence over him.
- A person or thing exerting such power or action. · He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections.
- An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
- Electrostatic induction.
Plural influences
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Might I trouble you for a match?” He drew in the smoke of his cigarette as if the soothing influence was grateful to him.
“What influence can I possibly have over a bandit?”
He was about to marry a young and charming woman, whom he loved, not passionately, but reasonably, as became a deputy attorney of the king; and besides her personal attractions, which were very great, Mademoiselle de Saint-Méran’s family possessed considerable political influence, which they would, of course, exert in his favor.
I am sure we should not shut our hearts against the healing influences that nature offers us.
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