Definition of sway

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Sway (n.) Rule; dominion; control.

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Ruler :: Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
Oscillaria :: Oscillaria (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria..
Swaying :: Swayed (imp. & p. p.) of Swa.
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man..
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide..
Regal :: Regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Countersway :: Countersway (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
Sway :: Swaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swa.
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
Empire :: Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason..
Sway :: Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.
Sway-bracing :: Sway-backed (a.) Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals..
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..
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