Influence

v. affect, impact; impel, control

n. effect, impact, action of a person or thing which affects another; person or thing which has power to affect others; use of personal connections to manipulate people or events

Influence is a term that refers to the ability to indirectly control or affect the actions of other people or things. The meaning of influence therefore depends on who or what is being affected, and to what end. It may also refer to:Influence (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims UnitInfluence machine, a type of mechanical device that produces static electricitySocial influence, in interpersonal relationshipsMinority influence, when the minority effect the behavior or beliefs of the majoritySphere of influence, the area a state has a level of control overOffice of Strategic Influence, a short-lived United States government departmentDriving under the influence, the criminal act of driving while intoxicatedUndue influence, a contract law term arising from parties with unequal bargaining powerLinguistic influence
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Noun
1. a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents' influence to get the job"
(hypernym) power, powerfulness
(hyponym) dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain
(derivation) charm, tempt
2. causing something without any direct or apparent effort
(hypernym) causing, causation
(hyponym) cross-pollination
(derivation) determine, shape, mold, regulate
3. a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
(hypernym) determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
(hyponym) imponderable
(derivation) act upon, work
4. the effect of one thing (or person) on another; "the influence of mechanical action"
(hypernym) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
(hyponym) perturbation
(derivation) charm, tempt
5. one having power to influence another; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"
(hypernym) power, force
(derivation) charm, tempt
Verb
1. have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
(synonym) act upon, work
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hyponym) prejudice, prepossess
2. shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
(synonym) determine, shape, mold, regulate
(hypernym) cause, do, make
(hyponym) dispose, incline
3. induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
(synonym) charm, tempt
(hypernym) persuade
(hyponym) magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind

n. influence, weight, induction; exertion, leverage; potency, standing

adj. influenced, affected

v. influence, bias, sway; prepossess, swing, involve

(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.)
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.
  

(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.)
A flowing in or upon; influx.