to move or make (something) move slowly and rhythmically back and forth or from side to side
to walk in a swaying manner
to move gently from an upright to a leaning position
to change the opinions of (somebody), esp by eloquence or argument
to fluctuate or alternate between one attitude or position and another
to make (something) swing, rock, or oscillate
to exert a controlling influence on (somebody)
He had been too much swayed by ambition
to change the opinions of (somebody), esp by eloquence or argument
She couldn't sway the hostile crowd
literary to rule or govern (somebody)
[Middle English sweyen to go down, fall, of Germanic origin]