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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Influence \In"flu*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Influenced}; p.
pr & vb n. {Influencing}.]
To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by
gentle action to exert an influence upon to modify, bias,
or sway; to move to persuade; to induce.
Theseexperiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo
as in the open air,and therefore are not influenced by
the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. --Sir I.
Newton.
This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to
influence their faith and practice, if they attend.
--Attebury.
The principle which influenced their obedience has lost
its efficacy. --Rogers.
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