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influence
English
Etymology
From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + flu? (“flow”). Doublet of influenza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.flu.?ns/
- Hyphenation: in?flu?ence
Noun
influence (countable and uncountable, plural influences)
- The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
- An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
- A person or thing exerting such power or action.
- The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.
- (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
- (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "influence": cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.
Hyponyms
- social influence
Derived terms
- influencer
Related terms
Translations
Verb
influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced)
- (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
- The politician wants to influence the public.
- I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.
- (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
Derived terms
- influenceable
- influencer
- influencive
Related terms
- influent
- influential
- influenza, flu
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French influence, borrowed from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + flu? (“flow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.fly.??s/
Noun
influence f (plural influences)
- influence
Derived terms
- zone d'influence
Related terms
Verb
influence
- first-person singular present indicative of influencer
- third-person singular present indicative of influencer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of influencer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of influencer
- second-person singular imperative of influencer
Further reading
- “influence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”).
Noun
influence f (oblique plural influences, nominative singular influence, nominative plural influences)
- inundation; flooding; influx of water
- influence, especially viewed as a mystical force affecting one's fate
Descendants
- ? English: influence
- French: influence
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (influence, supplement)
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melt
English
Etymology
From Middle English melten, from Old English meltan (“to consume by fire, melt, burn up; dissolve, digest”) and Old English mieltan (“to melt; digest; refine, purge; exhaust”), from Proto-Germanic *meltan? (“to dissolve, melt”) and Proto-Germanic *maltijan? (“to dissolve, melt”), both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“melt”). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to melt, digest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
melt (countable and uncountable, plural melts)
- Molten material, the product of melting.
- The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
- The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
- A melt sandwich.
- A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
Derived terms
- snowmelt, snow melt
Translations
Verb
melt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past melted or (rare) molt, past participle melted or molten)
- (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- I melted butter to make a cake.
- When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- His troubles melted away.
- (transitive, figuratively) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- 1687, John Dryden, A Song for Cecilia's Day
- For pity melts the mind to love.
- 1687, John Dryden, A Song for Cecilia's Day
- (intransitive) To be discouraged.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be emotionally softened or touched.
- She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
Synonyms
- (change from solid to liquid): to found, to thaw
Derived terms
Translations
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