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    • influence :a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
      • used her parents' influence to get the job

    • influence :have and exert influence or effect
      • The artist's work influenced the young painter|She worked on her friends to support the political candidate

    • influence :shape or influence; give direction to
      • experience often determines ability|mold public opinion

    • influence :a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do
      • her wishes had a great influence on his thinking

    • influence :induce into action by using one's charm
      • She charmed him into giving her all his money

    • influence :the effect of one thing (or person) on another
      • the influence of mechanical action

    • influence :one having power to influence another
      • she was the most important influence in my life|he was a bad influence on the children

    • influence :causing something without any direct or apparent effort

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