A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

Usage examples of influence.

It seems strange that the Moslim peoples, although the theory of Islam never attributed an hereditary character to the Khalifate, attached so high a value to the Abbasid name, that they continued unanimously to acknowledge the Khalifate of Bagdad for centuries during which it possessed no influence.

He was supported by the powerful influence of Charles Sumner, then at the height of his popularity, and by Adin Thayer, the ablest political organizer in Massachusetts.

Constitution of Massachusetts was to proclaim, suggesting that such delight in life as Adams had found in the amiable outlook of the French had had a decided influence.

While Adams, on first arriving in Paris, had reported to Abigail how much he admired the Frenchwomen he met--for their accomplishments, education, their views on serious matters--Jefferson felt that the decadent state of government in France was owing in good part to the influence of such women.

He was not so concerned about a President staying long in office, Adams said, as he was about too frequent elections, which often brought out the worst in people and increased the chances of foreign influence.

OTHER THAN A FEW stiff social occasions, Adams had little contact with the President and no influence, but as yet it seemed no one had any influence with Washington.

It was not uncommon in Philadelphia--or in Massachusetts--to hear talk of the unrivaled influence Abigail Adams had on her husband and of her political sense overall.

So again the decision was left to the House of Representatives, where Speaker of the House Henry Clay used his influence to make John Quincy Adams president.

The neighbourhood of Adrianople and the Eastern region, where the great battle is now in progress, will not reveal merely the future of Turkey, but also what position and what influence the Balkan States are to have in the world.

Bizen and Shigaraki wares as cold and withered is a reflection of the fact that he, like his successors in the sixteenth century, was strongly influenced by the aesthetics of linked verse formulated by Shinkei and others.

If you could demonstrate your Africanism to two hundred million Africans, how great might your influence become.

As the personal quality of Agassiz was the greatest of his powers, and as my life was greatly influenced by my immediate and enduring affection for him, I am tempted to set forth some incidents which show that my swift devotion to my new-found master was not due to the accidents of the situation, or to any boyish fancy.

Now the only control the crew on the flight deck could exert over their fate was through the limited influence of airfoil surfaces on thin air.

That soon passed, but he remained a potent influence, and the Albanites became a force in the city.

Nixon exposed the Truman and Roosevelt administrations as having appointed known saboteur Alger Hiss to positions of influence within the government.