influence

> influence
(verb)
affect, bias, control, direct, lead, modify, prejudice, prepossess, sway.
actuate, arouse, impel, incite, induce, instigate, move, persuade, prevail upon, rouse.

> influence
(noun)
ascendancy, authority, control, mastery, potency, predominance, pull, rule, sway.
credit, reputation, weight.
inflow, inflowing, influx.
magnetism, power, spell.