Definition of sway

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Sway (v. i.) To have weight or influence.

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Domination :: Domination (n.) The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway..
Sway :: Swaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swa.
Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..
Oversway :: Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.
Lord :: Lord (v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
Streen :: Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Waddle :: Waddle (v. i.) To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles..
Countersway :: Countersway (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
Sweinmote :: Sweigh (n.) Sway; movement.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Despotism :: Despotism (n.) The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny..
Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.
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..
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man..
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