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n. A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. confluentia. ] 1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage. [ 1913 Webster ]

You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The confluence . . . of all true joys. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A flowing off on all sides; fluidity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. effluence. ] 1. A flowing out, or emanation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fluency. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 affect; to move; to persuade; to induce. [ 1913 Webster ]

These experiments 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend. Attebury. [ 1913 Webster ]

The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. influence, fr. L. influens, -entis, p. pr. See Influent, and cf. Influenza. ] 1. A flowing in or upon; influx. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God hath his influence into the very essence of all things. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, physical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which affects, modifies, or sways; as, the influence which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers, of the stars over affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Astrologers call the evil influences of the stars, evil aspects. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Job xxxviii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

She said : “Ah, dearest lord! what evil star
On you hath frown'd, and poured, his influence bad?” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such influence hath your excellency. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Elec.) Induction.

Syn. -- Control; persuasion; ascendency; sway; power; authority; supremacy; mastery; management; restraint; character; reputation; prestige. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, influences. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. profluentia. ] Quality of being profluent; course. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being refluent; a flowing back. [ 1913 Webster ]