influence

(in’flé-ens), v. ¢.; pret. and pp. influ- enced, ppr. influencing. [=F. influencer; from the noun.] To exercise influence on; modify, affect, or sway, especially by intangible or invisible means; act on or affect by the transmi ion of some energy or potency: as, the sun imfluences the tides; to influence a person by the hope of reward or the fear of punishment. These experiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air, and therefore are not influenced by the weight or pre ure of the atmosphere. Newton. This standing revelation is sufficient to influence their faith and practice if they attend. Bp. Atterbury. Who will say that the esteem and fear of the world’s judgment, and the expectation of worldly advantages, do not at present most powerfully influence the generality of men in their profe ion of Christianity? H. Newman, Parochial Sermons, i. 180. The career of Charles the Great has injlwenced the history of the world ever since. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 222. =§Syn. To lead, induce, move, impel, actuate, prevail upon. ‘