influence
n 1: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents' influence to get the job"
2: causing something without any direct or apparent effort 3: a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking" 4: the effect of one thing (or person) on another; "the influence of mechanical action" 5: one having power to influence another; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children" v 1: have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" [syn: act upon, work]
