Part 5827

<blockquote>Theseexperiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air,and therefore are not <b>influenced</b> by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to <b>influence</b> their faith and practice, if they attend. <i>Attebury.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The principle which <b>influenced</b> their obedience has lost its efficacy. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Influencer</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In"flu*en*cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, influences.</def>

<h1>Influencive</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In"flu*en*cive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending toinfluence; influential.</def>

<h1>Influent</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In"flu*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>influens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>influere</ets>, <ets>influxum</ets>, to flow in; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>fluere</ets> to flow. See <er>Fluid</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Flowing in.</def> "With <i>influent</i> tide." <i>Cowper</i>. "<i>Influent</i> odors." <i>Mrs. Browning</i>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exerting influence; influential.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I find no office by name assigned unto Dr.Cox, who was virtually <b>influent</b> upon all, and most active. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inflential</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In`flen"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Influence</er>.]</ety> <def>Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; <as>as, an <ex>influential</ex> man, station, argument, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>A very <b>influential</b> Gascon prefix. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Influentially</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In`flu*en"tial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an influential manner.</def>

<h1>Influenza</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In`flu*en"za</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>influenza</ets> influence, an epidemic formerly attributed by astrologers to the influence of the heavenly bodies, influenza. See <er>Influence</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.</def>

<h1>Influx</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In"flux`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>influxus</ets>, fr. <ets>influere</ets>, <ets>influxum</ets>, to flow in: cf. F. <ets>influx</ets>. See <er>Influent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of flowing in; <as>as, an <ex>influx</ex> of light</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; <as>as, a great <ex>influx</ex> of goods into a country, or an <ex>influx</ex> of gold and silver</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>influx</b> of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with the <b>influx</b> of consumers. <i>Macaulau.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The general <b>influx</b> of Greek into modern languages. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Influence; power.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Influxion</h1> <Xpage=761>

<hw>In*flux"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>influxio</ets> : cf. F. <ets>influxion</ets>.]</ety> <def>A flowing in; infusion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>