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verb (used without object)
1.
to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
2.
to move or incline to one side or in a particular direction.
3.
to incline in opinion, sympathy, tendency, etc.: She swayed toward conservatism.
4.
to fluctuate or vacillate, as in opinion: His ideas swayed this way and that.
5.
to wield power; exercise rule.
verb (used with object)
6.
to cause to move to and fro or to incline from side to side.
7.
to cause to move to one side or in a particular direction.
8.
Nautical. to hoist or raise (a yard, topmast, or the like) (usually followed by up).
9.
to cause to fluctuate or vacillate.
10.
EXPANDto cause (the mind, emotions, etc., or a person) to incline or turn in a specified way; influence.
11.
to cause to swerve, as from a purpose or a course of action: He swayed them from their plan.
12.
to dominate; direct.
13.
to wield, as a weapon or scepter.
14.
COLLAPSEto rule; govern.
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Swaying
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noun
15.
the act of swaying; swaying movement.
16.
rule; dominion: He held all Asia in his sway.
17.
dominating power or influence: Many voters were under his sway.
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Word Origin & History
sway
c.1300, "to go, glide, move," probably from O.N. sveigja "to bend, swing, give way," from P.Gmc. *swaigijanan and related to swag (v.) and swing. The sense of "swing, wave, waver" is first recorded c.1500. The noun meaning "controlling influence"
EXPAND(to be under the sway of) is 1510, from a transitive sense of the verb in Du. and other languages. The verb in this sense is recorded in Eng. from 1593.
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