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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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tempt
English
Etymology
From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt”), frequentative of tenere (“to hold”). Displaced native English costning (“temptation”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /t?mpt/, /t?mt/
- Rhymes: -?mpt, -?mt
Verb
tempt (third-person singular simple present tempts, present participle tempting, simple past and past participle tempted)
- (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- (transitive) To attract; to allure.
- (transitive) To provoke something; to court.
Synonyms
- (provoke someone to do wrong): entice, fand, lure, pander, tease
- (attract; allure): beguile, entrance; see also Thesaurus:allure
- (provoke something): foment, urge; see also Thesaurus:incite
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- tempt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tempt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tempt at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latvian
Verb
tempt (tr., 1st conj., pres. tempju, temp, tempj, past tempu)
- to gulp
- to swill
- to quaff
Conjugation
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- what temptation is common to man
- what temptation means
- what temperature is chicken done
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