(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.
