Definition of sway

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Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..

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Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Command :: Command (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Oversway :: Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind..
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Power :: Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Misway :: Misway (n.) A wrong way.
Command :: Command (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge..
Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To have weight or influence.
Swaying :: Swayed (imp. & p. p.) of Swa.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Crossway :: Crossway (n.) See Crossroad.
Empire :: Empire (n.) Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
Guy :: Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened..
Unswayable :: Unswayable (a.) Not capable of being swayed.
Vogue :: Vogue (n.) Influence; power; sway.
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