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The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.

Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; - - said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. Shak. A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. Milton.

o obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object. Why does this apple fall to the ground Because all bodies gravitate toward each other. Sir W. Hamilton. Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronge…

The influenza or epidemic catarrh. Dunglison.

s, the army gains ground on the enemy. (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or influential. -- To get, or To gather, ground, to gain ground. [R.] "Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." Milton. There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher. South. -- To give ground, to r…

number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. Shak.

nage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train. He will guide his affairs with discretion. Ps. cxii. 5. The meek will he guide in judgment. Ps. xxv. 9.

Hold; influence. When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson.

Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.

The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.

By the influence or agency of heaven. Out heavenly guided soul shall climb. Milton.

Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates. Lieber.

Binding power and influence. Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. Tillotson.

That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke.

make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey. Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech Marston.

r above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.

h hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. -- Hot wall (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit. -- Hot well (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to…

The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.