influencen.

Brit.

/ˈɪnflʊəns/, U.S.

/ˈɪnflʊəns/

Etymology: < French influence (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) emanation from the stars (also inflow of water; affluence) = Provençal influencia , Spanish influencia , Italian influenza , late or medieval Latin influentia < Latin influent-em , present participle of influĕre to flow in. The astrological sense (corresponding to late Latin influxus (stellarum ) ‘astral influence’, 4th cent. in Firmicus) was common in medieval Latin: compare Pico della Mirandola adv. Astrologos iii. 5. Sense 4 was already established in Scholastic Latin: Aquinas (c1260) has influentia causae (Prof. Bywater).

†1. The action or fact of flowing in; inflowing, inflow, influx: said of the action of water and other fluids, and of immaterial things conceived of as flowing in. Also concrete flowing matter. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > action or process of flowing > in

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inrun1875

inset1875

1546 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 28 At suche tymes as the Inhabitantes of the sam town cannot com to the paroche church for the Influence of water when the water here is bigge.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. xii. 77/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The Towie..taketh in the influences of diuerse waters in one chanell.

1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 98 In the..branches of those Trees they make incisions..under which they hang Pots..to preserve the influence which issues out of them in a large quantity in the night season.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iv. 158 The Phantasie..of Man, which is various, according to those various Temperaments that have ingredience and influence into him.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 250 The sources of Conquests like those of great Rivers are generally obscure, until their streams increasing by the influence of others, make mighty inundations.

a. spec. in Astrology. The supposed flowing or streaming from the stars or heavens of an etherial fluid acting upon the character and destiny of men, and affecting sublunary things generally. In later times gradually viewed less literally, as an exercise of power or ‘virtue’, or of an occult force, and in late use chiefly a poetical or humorous reflex of earlier notions.

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the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence

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influinga1618

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influency1651

rulership1904

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > the exercise of > figured as like that of stars

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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 569 (618) O, Influences of þise heuenes hye. Soth is þat vnder god ye ben oure hierdes.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. lxxv. (Tollem. MS.) Stones beþ diuerse in virtu and in kynde; also influence of heauen comeþ into þer place, and prenteþ þerin þe effectes þerof.

c1430 J. Lydgate Compl. Black Knight 630 O goddesse immortall..do thy diligence, To let the streames of thine influence Descend down.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton E v b The synne whyche I haue doon ageynst myn owne wylle and by the influence of the planette on whiche I am borne.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiv. 89 The sterres..by their coniunctions and moeuynge and influences celestyalle, that sygnyfye and denounce the dysposycion secret of the deuine prouydence.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 94 In the nyght, the mone and other coulde planettes: but in the daye, the soone and other hotte planettes, doo chiefely exercise theyr influence.

1560 Bible (Geneva) Job xxxviii. 31 Canst thou restraine [1611 bind] the sweete influences [R.V. the cluster] of the Pleiades? [ Coverd. Hast thou brought ye vij starres together?]

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. H3^v What euill starre On you hath frownd, and pourd his influence bad?

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 106 + 12 The moist starre, Vpon whose influence Neptunes Empier stands.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 183.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 40 The Astrologers call the euill Influences of the Starrs, Euill Aspects.

1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. iii. 199 This maligne influence of the Heavens.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 375 The Pleiades before him danc'd Shedding sweet influence .

1704 R. Steele Lying Lover ii. 28 The Sun to me she'd Influence in vain.

1752 E. Burke Let. 28 Sept. in Corr. (1958) I. 112 They say the Sun sends down much the same influences whenever he comes into the same signs.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab i. 7 Stars! your balmiest influence shed.

1887 J. Ruskin Præterita II. xi. 391 One of the leaden influences on me of the planet Saturn.

b. transferred. The exercise of personal power by human beings, figured as something of the same nature as astral influence. Now only poetic.

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1439 J. Lydgate Lyfe St. Albon (1534) A ij I stande in hope his influence shall shyne My tremblyng penne by grace to enlumyne.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) v. 23 I set my mynde wyth percyng influence To lerne her scyence, the fyrst famous arte.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage Ep. Ded. ⁋iij To eclipse your Gracious aspect and influence unto our Church and State.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 183 If I be not by her faire influence Foster'd, illumin'd, cherish'd, kept aliue.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 35 Store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise.

1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. Ded. sig. A4^v The Vintage of the whole, will depend much upon the continued Influence of Your Beams.

1817 S. T. Coleridge To Gentleman in Sibyll. Leaves 199 The truly Great Have all one age, and from one visible space Shed influence.

†c. Disposition, nature, or temperament, as held to be the result of astral influence. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > disposition as determined by stars

starOE

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14.. Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 53 Charbonclys..Shewe in darknesse lyght..By ther natural heuenly influence.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 51 Germans and Bohemians, nations by influence heauy, slow.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 164 And yet..they were not alwaies of such sad influence, but had their lucida intervalla.

1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. c2^v Neither is it natural to all those, which are born under one Constellation, to have like Influences.

†3. The inflowing, immission, or infusion (into a person or thing) of any kind of divine, spiritual, moral, immaterial, or secret power or principle; that which thus flows in or is infused. Obsolete. (Passing into 4a or 5.)

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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > infusion

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c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 16 Wateris..Oute of wellis of oure Saviour, Wiche have vertu to curen alle langueres, Be influence of her grete swettness.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxxi. f. xiii They thought y^t Juno that Goddesse had by her influence gyuen that grace vnto y^e Ganders.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 387/1 I think that god gaue an influence of his power into that plaster, wherby he cured hys yien.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvi. 121 God hath his influence into the very essence of all things... All things are therefore pertakers of God, they are his offspring, his influence is in them.

1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. vii. 25 She is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty.

1624 T. Aylesbury Paganisme & Papisme i. 1 The vnknowne God, whose influence to all his Creatures was made knowne by the Poet.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 695 So spake the false Arch-Angel, and infus'd Bad influence into th' unwarie brest Of his Associate.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. v. 111 An eternal Creation of them by Almighty God, and an unintermitted Influence from him to support them.

a. The exertion of action of which the operation is unseen or insensible (or perceptible only in its effects), by one person or thing upon another; the action thus exercised. Originally const. into (cf. 3); now on, upon, in. undue influence: see undue adj. 3b. physical influence (modern Latin influxus physicus), the direct action of matter upon mind, and mind upon matter, as a doctrine of metaphysics: see quot. a1856.

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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun]

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impact1817

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > the exercise of

influence1598

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > excessive influence

undue influence1725

over-influence1837

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 845 A gibing spirrit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers giue to fooles.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Zz2^v The wisdome of conuersation..hath..an influence also into business ande gouernment.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 36 A Physicall operation is a reall influence into the effect.

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 177 Examples of Great ones..have..a great influence on manners.

1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice ii. vii. 208 The main design of those Sciences, and their influence in Divinity.

1680 W. Temple Ess. Orig. & Nature of Govt. in Miscellanea 45 The Nature of Man seems to be..varied..by the force and influence of the several climates where they are born and bred.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 189 The Reason..why the Magnetick Influence, directs to the Poles.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋3 Before they had much influence on my thoughts.

1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 125 Heat has powerful influence also on animated nature, both vegetable and animal.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation i. ii. 91 The contribution foncière would..have comparatively little influence in preventing or retarding improvements.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xvi. 305 The fourth hypothesis is that of Physical Influence, (Influxus Physicus). On this doctrine, external objects affect our senses, and the organic motion they determine is communicated to the brain. The brain acts upon the soul, and the soul has an idea,—a perception.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 116 The offence of undue influence..includes the use of force, or threatening any damage or loss, or practising any intimidation against a voter.

1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) xiii. 237 The Ephesian crowd that shouted ‘Great is Diana of the Ephesians’, was under the influence of a religious zeal.

1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 31 Neither plants nor insects would be what they are, but for the influence which each has exercised on the other.

†b. Bearing, relation. (Const. into.) Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference

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1672 J. Evelyn Let. 17 Sept. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 243 I would..be glad to know, what light your Lordship can give me out of the letters and dispatches of my Lord Holles, Mr. Coventry, and Sir Gilbert Talbot, which have all of them an influence into that affair.

c. under the influence: affected by alcoholic liquor; intoxicated, drunk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

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inebriated1615

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in one's (or the) pots1618

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ebrious1629

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jug-bitten1630

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groggy1770

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blue1813

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three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

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parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

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to be loaded for bear(s)1888

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tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

piped1906

spiflicated1906

jingled1908

skimished1908

tin hat1909

canned1910

pipped1911

lit1912

peloothered1914

molo1916

shick1916

zigzag1916

blotto1917

oiled-up1918

stung1919

stunned1919

bottled1922

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puggled1923

puggle1925

fried1926

crocked1927

fluthered1927

lubricated1927

whiffled1927

liquefied1928

steamed1929

mirackc1930

overshot1931

swacked1932

looped1934

stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

1866 M. Reid Headless Horseman xix. 110 If not absolutely intoxicated, it could be seen that the ex-officer of volunteers was under the influence of drink.]

1879 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) I. 367 Nobody got in the least degree ‘under the influence’, and we had a pleasant time.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 290 Lowest blackguard in Dublin when he's under the influence.

1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves vii. 159 Boat-Race Night. Then, if ever, you will see Bertram under the influence.

1940 L. A. G. Strong Sun on Water 77 If a man under the influence tries to give you too much, sure, you slip it back into his pocket when he isn't looking.

1960 H. Williams & M. Williams Double Yolk in Plays of Year XXI. 47 The police sergeant..asked if I'd been drinking... I'd had a drink—and then he said I must go to the station with him, as he'd have to charge me with driving under the influence.

5. The capacity or faculty of producing effects by insensible or invisible means, without the employment of material force, or the exercise of formal authority; ascendancy of a person or social group; moral power over or with a person; ascendancy, sway, control, or authority, not formally or overtly expressed.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun]

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weight1710

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holding1770

mojo1923

clout1958

muscle1965

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person

genius1749

influence1775

godfather1830

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influentiality1841

sommité1856

leader1858

Big Daddy1898

macher1911

uncrowned king (queen)1917

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Pppp2 It is probable..that those of New England..were of like influence also amongst the Natives.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. vi. 453 The vast influence which the order of Jesuits acquired.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlv. 168 The influence of the crown naturally makes a septennial parliament dependent.

1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 202 The Laird..cannot extend his personal influence to all his tenants.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 140 Engaging..that no British influence shall be employed within his dominions.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xiii. 267 She has no influence with..my Sisters that could be of any use.

1888 F. J. Goodnow in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxviii. 177 This position gave him a vast amount of ‘influence’ which he continued to use for his own advantage.

1898 Lugard in Daily News 7 Mar. 7/2 When the partition of Africa began in and subsequent to 1885, the hitherto unknown principle of spheres of influence was introduced into international custom in order to avoid dangerous complications between European nations.

1900 N.E.D. at Influence Mod. He owed his position to influence, not to merit. Have you any influence with any of the electors?

6. A thing (or person) that exercises action or power of a non-material or unexpressed kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > that which

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agent1624

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factor1816

subfactor1868

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences

planetc1500

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influencer1664

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force1785

field of force1876

spiritus rector1876

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 246 These Prejudices..are to be considered as Influences of a like Kind to Enthusiasm.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) i. iv. 23 Musical studies, the most powerful of softening influences.

1888 ‘W. Châteauclair’ Young Seigneur 9 He was an influence in the Dominion Legislature.

7. = induction n. 10.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun]

excitation1656

induction1801

magnetic induction1851

unipolar induction1856

influence1870

magneto-induction1889

unipole1892

1767 J. Priestley Hist. & Present State Electr. 247 The electric fluid, when there is a redundancy of it in any body, repels the electric fluid in any other body, when they are brought within the sphere of each other's influence.]

1870 J. Tyndall Lect. Electr. 14 This forcible separation of the two fluids of a neutral conductor, by the mere proximity of an electrified body, is called electric induction. Bodies in this state are also said to be electrified by influence.

1883 E. Atkinson tr. E. Mascart & J. Joubert Treat. Electr. & Magnetism §301 I. 289 This is magnetisation by influence, or induced magnetisation.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

influence-rich adj.

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1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxviii. 110 Influence-rich to soothe and save.

C2.

influence line n. Engineering a graph showing how the resultant moment, stress, or other quantity at a given point of a structure varies with the position of the applied (constant) load producing it.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > diagram or graph

stress diagram1869

influence line1902

Mohr diagram1927

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 377/1 In dealing with the action of travelling loads much assistance may be obtained by using a line termed an influence line. Such a line has for abscissa the distance of a load from one end of a girder, and for ordinate the bending moment or shear at any given section, or on any member, due to that load.

1936 A. J. S. Pippard & J. Baker Anal. Engin. Struct. xiv. 319 We shall consider the truss shown in Fig. 14.18 and find the influence line for the force in a diagonal bracing member as a load rolls along the bottom chord.

1972 R. C. Coates et al. Structural Analysis ii. 51 A bending moment diagram (shear force diagram) shows graphically the value of the bending moment (shear force) at all sections of a beam under a force whose position is fixed; an influence line for bending moment (shear force) shows graphically the value of the bending moment (shear force) at a single section for all possible positions of a movable force.

influence machine n. an induction-machine.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] > induction machine

induction-balance1879

influence machine1889

induction machine1896

1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 286 An instantaneous photograph, taken..by a spark from a Holtz or other influence machine.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 July 3/1 Mr. Wimshurst, the inventor of the influence machine.

influence peddling n.

ΚΠ

1972 N.Y. Times 22 Sept. 43 In 1956 a Senate investigation showed that Mr. Chotiner was engaged in influence peddling.

influence pedlar n. (influence peddler) U.S. (see quot. 1968).

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > business agent > for a fee

influence pedlar1949

1949 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. E7/5 The Investigations subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments which is inquiring into the activities of the ‘five percenters’ and the ‘influence peddlers’ has discovered that selling influence may be unethical, but it is not always illegal.

1968 W. Safire New Lang. Politics 204/2 Influence pedlar, one who has, or claims to have, the contacts and ‘pull’ supposedly necessary to get government contracts and favors from public officials, for a fee.

1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 July W1/3 The acknowledged dealer in stolen securities said part of the £100,000 he paid went to Nathan Voloshen, a convicted Washington influence peddler.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

influencev.

Brit.

/ˈɪnflʊəns/, U.S.

/ˈɪnflʊəns/

Etymology: < influence n. Compare modern French influencer (1792 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

1. transitive. To exert influence upon, to affect by influence.

a. To affect the mind or action of; to move or induce by influence; sometimes esp. to move by improper or undue influence. (Often with adverbial complement, defining the nature or object of the influence.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > exert influence upon

weighc1571

sway1593

subject1605

to have its end(s) upon1638

influence1658

ponderate1670

operate1674

to touch up1791

protocol1832

rig1908

1658 O. Cromwell Speech 25 Jan. in Writings & Speeches (1947) (modernized text) IV. 714 He [sc. the Pope] influenced all the Powers and all the Princes in Europe to this very thing.

1676 I. Newton Let. 10 Jan. in Corr. (1959) I. 410 As if I influenced ye Press in what concerns Mr Linus & me.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 357. ¶9 The Representation..is wonderfully contrived to influence the Reader with Pity and Compassion.

1826 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Observ. Surg. (ed. 2) 310 The very little prospect..of any termination to hostilities..certainly influenced the men to desert in greater numbers.

1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1876) II. ii. ii. 250 In his political course he was more or less influenced by a sense of duty.

1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. iii. 94 As the brain may influence the mind, so may the mind influence the brain.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. iv. 51 Could he see the pope in person, he thought that he could influence him.

1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 180 In the opinion of judges, whose fiat is possibly influenced.

1891 E. W. Bemis in Chautauquan 605 (Funk) Expenditures to ‘influence’ city council.

b. To affect the condition of, to have an effect on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)]

rineOE

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attinge1640

act1655

influence1661

irradiate1668

vibrate1845

involve1847

inwork1855

to cut ice (with someone)1894

dent1931

impact1935

to make (also put) a dent in1942

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xiii. 125 The Senses, Phancy, and what we call Reason it self, being thus influenc'd by the Bodies temperament, and little better then indications of it.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1823) I. 448 This natural heat is influenced by frequent excesses in drinking.

a1727 I. Newton Opticks (1730) iii. i. 367 These Experiments..are not influenced by the Weight or Pressure of the Atmosphere.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 8 The same causes..which influence the tides themselves.

1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass xii. 267 The specific gravity of glass is influenced by the degree of heat to which it has been exposed during its vitrification.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 12 Being less influenced by the atmospheric resistance.

1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) Introd. p. xx The Sovereign can influence the conduct of public affairs.

2. intransitive. To exert influence; to work influentially on, upon a person or thing (obsolete). Now only as an absolute use of 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence

labour1442

to make labour1603

influence1670

to make interest1709

to weigh in1909

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 34 A thing that..infects the whole life, and influences upon most actions.

1675 J. Sharp Wks. (1754) I. ii. 41 It [religion] influenceth upon us, in order to the making us more useful.

1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 83 So little did the virtues of his mother..influence on his mind and behaviour.

1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris ii. 46 Canst thou..suppose thy frippery Dress..cou'd influence beyond the Borders of a Brothel?

1897 Daily News 21 June 2/7 The Queen no longer rules; but she influences.

†3. transitive. To cause to flow in; to infuse, inspire, instil. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > infuse

sheda1325

bedew1340

distil1393

informa1398

transfusec1425

pourc1451

infudea1500

infuse1526

tan1530

colour1536

suck1549

imbrue1565

dewc1572

inspire1576

steep1603

infect1605

imbreathe1609

impregn1652

transfund1670

influence1691

bleed1866

render1885

taste1904

1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 317 The Clergy..in Revenge influence a double Corruption upon the Seculars.

1701 in New Jersey Arch. (1881) II. 378 The long Experience..had of the Justice and Veracity of Coll. Hamilton, ought to have influenced a Beliefe of what he related to Us.

1705 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 105 I cannot but be ashamed..that the Gospel should have influenced no better principles into your hearts.

Derivatives

ˈinfluenced adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced

affected1763

influenced1818

society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > influenced

influenced1818

1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 99 To shew what a set of influenced and insignificant things now have the power to ruin and enslave us.

ˈinfluencing adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective]

affective1647

influential1655

soliciting1704

influencing1718

affecting1794

society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > exercising influence

influent1632

influencing1718

1718 M. Prior Power 667 By whose kind power and influencing care The various creatures move, and live, and are.

1720 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 6) IV. 291 His Almighty influencing Spirit dispers'd amongst the meanest of the Crowd.

1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) ix. 310 An ample margin seems to be still left for other influencing causes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	influence
释义	influencen. Brit. /ˈɪnflʊəns/, U.S. /ˈɪnflʊəns/ Etymology: < French influence (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) emanation from the stars (also inflow of water; affluence) = Provençal influencia , Spanish influencia , Italian influenza , late or medieval Latin influentia < Latin influent-em , present participle of influĕre to flow in. The astrological sense (corresponding to late Latin influxus (stellarum ) ‘astral influence’, 4th cent. in Firmicus) was common in medieval Latin: compare Pico della Mirandola adv. Astrologos iii. 5. Sense 4 was already established in Scholastic Latin: Aquinas (c1260) has influentia causae (Prof. Bywater). †1. The action or fact of flowing in; inflowing, inflow, influx: said of the action of water and other fluids, and of immaterial things conceived of as flowing in. Also concrete flowing matter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > action or process of flowing > in inflowing1530 influence1546 influx1626 inflow1848 inrun1875 inset1875 1546 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 28 At suche tymes as the Inhabitantes of the sam town cannot com to the paroche church for the Influence of water when the water here is bigge. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. xii. 77/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The Towie..taketh in the influences of diuerse waters in one chanell. 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 98 In the..branches of those Trees they make incisions..under which they hang Pots..to preserve the influence which issues out of them in a large quantity in the night season. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iv. 158 The Phantasie..of Man, which is various, according to those various Temperaments that have ingredience and influence into him. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 250 The sources of Conquests like those of great Rivers are generally obscure, until their streams increasing by the influence of others, make mighty inundations. 2. a. spec. in Astrology. The supposed flowing or streaming from the stars or heavens of an etherial fluid acting upon the character and destiny of men, and affecting sublunary things generally. In later times gradually viewed less literally, as an exercise of power or ‘virtue’, or of an occult force, and in late use chiefly a poetical or humorous reflex of earlier notions. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence influencec1374 influinga1618 influx1626 influxiona1641 influency1651 rulership1904 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > the exercise of > figured as like that of stars influencec1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 569 (618) O, Influences of þise heuenes hye. Soth is þat vnder god ye ben oure hierdes. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. lxxv. (Tollem. MS.) Stones beþ diuerse in virtu and in kynde; also influence of heauen comeþ into þer place, and prenteþ þerin þe effectes þerof. c1430 J. Lydgate Compl. Black Knight 630 O goddesse immortall..do thy diligence, To let the streames of thine influence Descend down. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton E v b The synne whyche I haue doon ageynst myn owne wylle and by the influence of the planette on whiche I am borne. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiv. 89 The sterres..by their coniunctions and moeuynge and influences celestyalle, that sygnyfye and denounce the dysposycion secret of the deuine prouydence. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 94 In the nyght, the mone and other coulde planettes: but in the daye, the soone and other hotte planettes, doo chiefely exercise theyr influence. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Job xxxviii. 31 Canst thou restraine [1611 bind] the sweete influences [R.V. the cluster] of the Pleiades? [ Coverd. Hast thou brought ye vij starres together?] 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. H3^v What euill starre On you hath frownd, and pourd his influence bad? 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 106 + 12 The moist starre, Vpon whose influence Neptunes Empier stands. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 183. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 40 The Astrologers call the euill Influences of the Starrs, Euill Aspects. 1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. iii. 199 This maligne influence of the Heavens. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 375 The Pleiades before him danc'd Shedding sweet influence . View more context for this quotation 1704 R. Steele Lying Lover ii. 28 The Sun to me she'd Influence in vain. 1752 E. Burke Let. 28 Sept. in Corr. (1958) I. 112 They say the Sun sends down much the same influences whenever he comes into the same signs. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab i. 7 Stars! your balmiest influence shed. 1887 J. Ruskin Præterita II. xi. 391 One of the leaden influences on me of the planet Saturn. b. transferred. The exercise of personal power by human beings, figured as something of the same nature as astral influence. Now only poetic. ΚΠ 1439 J. Lydgate Lyfe St. Albon (1534) A ij I stande in hope his influence shall shyne My tremblyng penne by grace to enlumyne. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) v. 23 I set my mynde wyth percyng influence To lerne her scyence, the fyrst famous arte. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage Ep. Ded. ⁋iij To eclipse your Gracious aspect and influence unto our Church and State. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 183 If I be not by her faire influence Foster'd, illumin'd, cherish'd, kept aliue. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 35 Store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise. 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. Ded. sig. A4^v The Vintage of the whole, will depend much upon the continued Influence of Your Beams. 1817 S. T. Coleridge To Gentleman in Sibyll. Leaves 199 The truly Great Have all one age, and from one visible space Shed influence. †c. Disposition, nature, or temperament, as held to be the result of astral influence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > disposition as determined by stars starOE influence14.. star1603 constellationa1628 14.. Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 53 Charbonclys..Shewe in darknesse lyght..By ther natural heuenly influence. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 51 Germans and Bohemians, nations by influence heauy, slow. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 164 And yet..they were not alwaies of such sad influence, but had their lucida intervalla. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. c2^v Neither is it natural to all those, which are born under one Constellation, to have like Influences. †3. The inflowing, immission, or infusion (into a person or thing) of any kind of divine, spiritual, moral, immaterial, or secret power or principle; that which thus flows in or is infused. Obsolete. (Passing into 4a or 5.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > infusion shedding1398 influencec1430 infusionc1450 inflowing1530 infounding1532 afflation1576 influxion1605 influx1626 information1630 inspiration1651 overshadowing1665 influct1675 bedewmenta1680 inflow1848 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 16 Wateris..Oute of wellis of oure Saviour, Wiche have vertu to curen alle langueres, Be influence of her grete swettness. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxxi. f. xiii They thought y^t Juno that Goddesse had by her influence gyuen that grace vnto y^e Ganders. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 387/1 I think that god gaue an influence of his power into that plaster, wherby he cured hys yien. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvi. 121 God hath his influence into the very essence of all things... All things are therefore pertakers of God, they are his offspring, his influence is in them. 1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. vii. 25 She is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty. View more context for this quotation 1624 T. Aylesbury Paganisme & Papisme i. 1 The vnknowne God, whose influence to all his Creatures was made knowne by the Poet. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 695 So spake the false Arch-Angel, and infus'd Bad influence into th' unwarie brest Of his Associate. View more context for this quotation a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. v. 111 An eternal Creation of them by Almighty God, and an unintermitted Influence from him to support them. 4. a. The exertion of action of which the operation is unseen or insensible (or perceptible only in its effects), by one person or thing upon another; the action thus exercised. Originally const. into (cf. 3); now on, upon, in. undue influence: see undue adj. 3b. physical influence (modern Latin influxus physicus), the direct action of matter upon mind, and mind upon matter, as a doctrine of metaphysics: see quot. a1856. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] workinga1382 impression1390 actiona1398 affection1489 suppressiona1500 operation1525 influence1598 effect1608 manage1608 solicitation1626 attingency1642 influx1644 influency1651 incidence1656 attingence1678 influencing1754 impact1817 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > the exercise of influence1598 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > excessive influence undue influence1725 over-influence1837 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 845 A gibing spirrit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers giue to fooles. View more context for this quotation 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Zz2^v The wisdome of conuersation..hath..an influence also into business ande gouernment. View more context for this quotation 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 36 A Physicall operation is a reall influence into the effect. 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 177 Examples of Great ones..have..a great influence on manners. 1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice ii. vii. 208 The main design of those Sciences, and their influence in Divinity. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Orig. & Nature of Govt. in Miscellanea 45 The Nature of Man seems to be..varied..by the force and influence of the several climates where they are born and bred. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 189 The Reason..why the Magnetick Influence, directs to the Poles. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋3 Before they had much influence on my thoughts. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 125 Heat has powerful influence also on animated nature, both vegetable and animal. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation i. ii. 91 The contribution foncière would..have comparatively little influence in preventing or retarding improvements. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xvi. 305 The fourth hypothesis is that of Physical Influence, (Influxus Physicus). On this doctrine, external objects affect our senses, and the organic motion they determine is communicated to the brain. The brain acts upon the soul, and the soul has an idea,—a perception. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 116 The offence of undue influence..includes the use of force, or threatening any damage or loss, or practising any intimidation against a voter. 1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) xiii. 237 The Ephesian crowd that shouted ‘Great is Diana of the Ephesians’, was under the influence of a religious zeal. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 31 Neither plants nor insects would be what they are, but for the influence which each has exercised on the other. †b. Bearing, relation. (Const. into.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference respitea1382 beholdingc1449 respect1485 aspect1509 regardc1520 reference1581 referrance1583 tending1587 reflection1614 intuition1626 concernment1640 concerning1642 tendency1651 influence1672 re1707 view1719 bearing1741 ref1845 concern1863 1672 J. Evelyn Let. 17 Sept. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 243 I would..be glad to know, what light your Lordship can give me out of the letters and dispatches of my Lord Holles, Mr. Coventry, and Sir Gilbert Talbot, which have all of them an influence into that affair. c. under the influence: affected by alcoholic liquor; intoxicated, drunk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1866 M. Reid Headless Horseman xix. 110 If not absolutely intoxicated, it could be seen that the ex-officer of volunteers was under the influence of drink.] 1879 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) I. 367 Nobody got in the least degree ‘under the influence’, and we had a pleasant time. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 290 Lowest blackguard in Dublin when he's under the influence. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves vii. 159 Boat-Race Night. Then, if ever, you will see Bertram under the influence. 1940 L. A. G. Strong Sun on Water 77 If a man under the influence tries to give you too much, sure, you slip it back into his pocket when he isn't looking. 1960 H. Williams & M. Williams Double Yolk in Plays of Year XXI. 47 The police sergeant..asked if I'd been drinking... I'd had a drink—and then he said I must go to the station with him, as he'd have to charge me with driving under the influence. 5. The capacity or faculty of producing effects by insensible or invisible means, without the employment of material force, or the exercise of formal authority; ascendancy of a person or social group; moral power over or with a person; ascendancy, sway, control, or authority, not formally or overtly expressed. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person genius1749 influence1775 godfather1830 influential1831 influentiality1841 sommité1856 leader1858 Big Daddy1898 macher1911 uncrowned king (queen)1917 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Pppp2 It is probable..that those of New England..were of like influence also amongst the Natives. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. vi. 453 The vast influence which the order of Jesuits acquired. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlv. 168 The influence of the crown naturally makes a septennial parliament dependent. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 202 The Laird..cannot extend his personal influence to all his tenants. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 140 Engaging..that no British influence shall be employed within his dominions. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xiii. 267 She has no influence with..my Sisters that could be of any use. View more context for this quotation 1888 F. J. Goodnow in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxviii. 177 This position gave him a vast amount of ‘influence’ which he continued to use for his own advantage. 1898 Lugard in Daily News 7 Mar. 7/2 When the partition of Africa began in and subsequent to 1885, the hitherto unknown principle of spheres of influence was introduced into international custom in order to avoid dangerous complications between European nations. 1900 N.E.D. at Influence Mod. He owed his position to influence, not to merit. Have you any influence with any of the electors? 6. A thing (or person) that exercises action or power of a non-material or unexpressed kind. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > that which main thing1623 agent1624 influence1736 factor1816 subfactor1868 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences planetc1500 influenciary1659 influencer1664 influence1736 force1785 field of force1876 spiritus rector1876 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 246 These Prejudices..are to be considered as Influences of a like Kind to Enthusiasm. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) i. iv. 23 Musical studies, the most powerful of softening influences. 1888 ‘W. Châteauclair’ Young Seigneur 9 He was an influence in the Dominion Legislature. 7. = induction n. 10. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] excitation1656 induction1801 magnetic induction1851 unipolar induction1856 influence1870 magneto-induction1889 unipole1892 1767 J. Priestley Hist. & Present State Electr. 247 The electric fluid, when there is a redundancy of it in any body, repels the electric fluid in any other body, when they are brought within the sphere of each other's influence.] 1870 J. Tyndall Lect. Electr. 14 This forcible separation of the two fluids of a neutral conductor, by the mere proximity of an electrified body, is called electric induction. Bodies in this state are also said to be electrified by influence. 1883 E. Atkinson tr. E. Mascart & J. Joubert Treat. Electr. & Magnetism §301 I. 289 This is magnetisation by influence, or induced magnetisation. Compounds C1. General attributive. influence-rich adj. ΚΠ 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxviii. 110 Influence-rich to soothe and save. View more context for this quotation C2. influence line n. Engineering a graph showing how the resultant moment, stress, or other quantity at a given point of a structure varies with the position of the applied (constant) load producing it. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > diagram or graph stress diagram1869 influence line1902 Mohr diagram1927 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 377/1 In dealing with the action of travelling loads much assistance may be obtained by using a line termed an influence line. Such a line has for abscissa the distance of a load from one end of a girder, and for ordinate the bending moment or shear at any given section, or on any member, due to that load. 1936 A. J. S. Pippard & J. Baker Anal. Engin. Struct. xiv. 319 We shall consider the truss shown in Fig. 14.18 and find the influence line for the force in a diagonal bracing member as a load rolls along the bottom chord. 1972 R. C. Coates et al. Structural Analysis ii. 51 A bending moment diagram (shear force diagram) shows graphically the value of the bending moment (shear force) at all sections of a beam under a force whose position is fixed; an influence line for bending moment (shear force) shows graphically the value of the bending moment (shear force) at a single section for all possible positions of a movable force. influence machine n. an induction-machine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] > induction machine induction-balance1879 influence machine1889 induction machine1896 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 286 An instantaneous photograph, taken..by a spark from a Holtz or other influence machine. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 July 3/1 Mr. Wimshurst, the inventor of the influence machine. influence peddling n. ΚΠ 1972 N.Y. Times 22 Sept. 43 In 1956 a Senate investigation showed that Mr. Chotiner was engaged in influence peddling. influence pedlar n. (influence peddler) U.S. (see quot. 1968). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > business agent > for a fee influence pedlar1949 1949 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. E7/5 The Investigations subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments which is inquiring into the activities of the ‘five percenters’ and the ‘influence peddlers’ has discovered that selling influence may be unethical, but it is not always illegal. 1968 W. Safire New Lang. Politics 204/2 Influence pedlar, one who has, or claims to have, the contacts and ‘pull’ supposedly necessary to get government contracts and favors from public officials, for a fee. 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 July W1/3 The acknowledged dealer in stolen securities said part of the £100,000 he paid went to Nathan Voloshen, a convicted Washington influence peddler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). influencev. Brit. /ˈɪnflʊəns/, U.S. /ˈɪnflʊəns/ Etymology: < influence n. Compare modern French influencer (1792 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. transitive. To exert influence upon, to affect by influence. a. To affect the mind or action of; to move or induce by influence; sometimes esp. to move by improper or undue influence. (Often with adverbial complement, defining the nature or object of the influence.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > exert influence upon weighc1571 sway1593 subject1605 to have its end(s) upon1638 influence1658 ponderate1670 operate1674 to touch up1791 protocol1832 rig1908 1658 O. Cromwell Speech 25 Jan. in Writings & Speeches (1947) (modernized text) IV. 714 He [sc. the Pope] influenced all the Powers and all the Princes in Europe to this very thing. 1676 I. Newton Let. 10 Jan. in Corr. (1959) I. 410 As if I influenced ye Press in what concerns Mr Linus & me. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 357. ¶9 The Representation..is wonderfully contrived to influence the Reader with Pity and Compassion. 1826 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Observ. Surg. (ed. 2) 310 The very little prospect..of any termination to hostilities..certainly influenced the men to desert in greater numbers. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1876) II. ii. ii. 250 In his political course he was more or less influenced by a sense of duty. 1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. iii. 94 As the brain may influence the mind, so may the mind influence the brain. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. iv. 51 Could he see the pope in person, he thought that he could influence him. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 180 In the opinion of judges, whose fiat is possibly influenced. 1891 E. W. Bemis in Chautauquan 605 (Funk) Expenditures to ‘influence’ city council. b. To affect the condition of, to have an effect on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] rineOE takec1300 concern1446 redound1460 work1487 touch1491 solicit1601 salutea1616 enact1616 affect1630 reach1637 attinge1640 act1655 influence1661 irradiate1668 vibrate1845 involve1847 inwork1855 to cut ice (with someone)1894 dent1931 impact1935 to make (also put) a dent in1942 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xiii. 125 The Senses, Phancy, and what we call Reason it self, being thus influenc'd by the Bodies temperament, and little better then indications of it. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1823) I. 448 This natural heat is influenced by frequent excesses in drinking. a1727 I. Newton Opticks (1730) iii. i. 367 These Experiments..are not influenced by the Weight or Pressure of the Atmosphere. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 8 The same causes..which influence the tides themselves. 1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass xii. 267 The specific gravity of glass is influenced by the degree of heat to which it has been exposed during its vitrification. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 12 Being less influenced by the atmospheric resistance. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) Introd. p. xx The Sovereign can influence the conduct of public affairs. 2. intransitive. To exert influence; to work influentially on, upon a person or thing (obsolete). Now only as an absolute use of 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence labour1442 to make labour1603 influence1670 to make interest1709 to weigh in1909 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 34 A thing that..infects the whole life, and influences upon most actions. 1675 J. Sharp Wks. (1754) I. ii. 41 It [religion] influenceth upon us, in order to the making us more useful. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 83 So little did the virtues of his mother..influence on his mind and behaviour. 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris ii. 46 Canst thou..suppose thy frippery Dress..cou'd influence beyond the Borders of a Brothel? 1897 Daily News 21 June 2/7 The Queen no longer rules; but she influences. †3. transitive. To cause to flow in; to infuse, inspire, instil. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > infuse sheda1325 bedew1340 distil1393 informa1398 transfusec1425 pourc1451 infudea1500 infuse1526 tan1530 colour1536 suck1549 imbrue1565 dewc1572 inspire1576 steep1603 infect1605 imbreathe1609 impregn1652 transfund1670 influence1691 bleed1866 render1885 taste1904 1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 317 The Clergy..in Revenge influence a double Corruption upon the Seculars. 1701 in New Jersey Arch. (1881) II. 378 The long Experience..had of the Justice and Veracity of Coll. Hamilton, ought to have influenced a Beliefe of what he related to Us. 1705 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 105 I cannot but be ashamed..that the Gospel should have influenced no better principles into your hearts. Derivatives ˈinfluenced adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced affected1763 influenced1818 society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > influenced influenced1818 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 99 To shew what a set of influenced and insignificant things now have the power to ruin and enslave us. ˈinfluencing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] affective1647 influential1655 soliciting1704 influencing1718 affecting1794 society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > exercising influence influent1632 influencing1718 1718 M. Prior Power 667 By whose kind power and influencing care The various creatures move, and live, and are. 1720 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 6) IV. 291 His Almighty influencing Spirit dispers'd amongst the meanest of the Crowd. 1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) ix. 310 An ample margin seems to be still left for other influencing causes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1374v.1658
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