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Potentate :: Potentate (a.) One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch..

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.

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards..

Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.

Swag :: Swag (n.) A swaying, irregular motion..

Sway :: Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires..

Sway :: Sway (n.) Rule; dominion; control.

Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..

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

Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.

Stagger :: Stagger (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter..

Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..

Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current..

Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.

Waggle :: Waggle (v. i.) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle..

Swing :: Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing..

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..

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..

Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.

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