- 4. Inexorable, unyielding, immovable by entreaties.
Inflexibleness, n. See Inflexibility.
Inflict, v. a. Impose, lay on.
Infliction, n.
- 1. Inflicting, imposition.
- 2. Punishment, judgment.
Inflorescence, n.
- 1. Flowering, blossoming, blooming.
- 2. Mode of flowering.
Influence, n.
- 1. Authority, sway, control, predominance, ascendency, power of impelling or directing, controlling power,
directing agency.
- 2. Reputation, credit, weight of character.
- 3. Influx, inflow, inflowing.
- 4. Mystic power, unseen or mysterious agency.
Influence, v. a.
- 1. Control, sway, bias, lead, direct, modify, affect.
- 2. Move, induce, impel, instigate, persuade, actuate, incite, rouse, arouse, work upon, prevail upon.
Influential, a.
- 1. Potent, powerful, controlling.
- 2. Of influence, of authority.
Influx, n. Introduction, flowing in.