INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

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INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in) ,
word whose

principal

PRINCIPAL

modern

MODERN

meaning is that of

power

POWER [
WILLIAM
GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

control

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in
English
- ENGLISH
of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

or action affecting others, exercised, either covertly or without
INFLUENZA
visible means or direct

physical

PHYSICAL

agency. It is one of those numerous terms of

astrology

ASTROLOGY

(q.v.) which have established themselves in current language. From the stars was supposed to flow an ethereal stream which affected the course of events on the earth and the fortunes and characters of men. For the law as to " undue

influence

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

" see

CONTRACT

.

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