[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sway \sway\ sw=a, v. t. imp.  p. p. swayed; p. pr.  vb.
   n. swaying. oe. sweyen, icel. sveigja, akin to e. swing;
   cf. d. zwaaijen to wield, swing. see swing, and cf. swag,
   v. i.
   1. to move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to
      sway the scepter.
      1913 webster

            as sparkles from the anvil rise,
            when heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. to influence or direct by power and authority; by
      persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to
      guide.
      1913 webster

            the will of man is by his reason swayed. --shak.
      1913 webster

            she could not sway her house.         --shak.
      1913 webster

            this was the race
            to sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and
      forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed
      by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
      1913 webster

            as bowls run true by being made
            on purpose false, and to be swayed.   --hudibras.
      1913 webster

            let not temporal and little advantages sway you
            against a more durable interest.      --tillotson.
      1913 webster

   4. naut. to hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
      1913 webster

   syn: to bias; rule; govern; direct; influence; swing; move;
        wave; wield.
        1913 webster
see also:
swayed swaying swing swag 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swayed \swayed\, a.
   bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a
   horse. --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "swayed":
   antiblack, biased, chauvinistic, colored, doctrinaire, dogmatic,
   influenced, interested, involved, jaundiced, know-nothing,
   nonobjective, one-sided, opinionated, partial, partisan,
   prejudiced, prepossessed, racist, sexist, superpatriotic, twisted,
   ultranationalist, undetached, undispassionate, unneutral, warped,
   xenophobic

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Political Wire: Bush Swayed the Amish
...January 02, 2005. Bush Swayed the Amish. The Washington Post reports ... ..
http://www.politicalwire.com/archives/2005/01/02/bush_swayed_the_amish.html, score=100, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:02 am

washingtonpost.com: Dean Says Faith Swayed Decision on Gay Unions
...Dean Says Faith Swayed Decision on Gay Unions By Jim VandeHei. ... ..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63152-2004Jan7?language=printer, score=82, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 7:51 am

Past Poetry Daily Features: R. T Smith's "O Body Swayed to Music"
...Part III: "O Body Swayed to Muses" *Part IV: "In Our Uncertainties" * ... Part I of "O Body Swayed to Music" *Part II: "Old Dogs, New Tricks" * ... ..
http://www.poems.com/feasmith.htm, score=78, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 6:47 pm

Zap2it - TV news - 'Survivor's' Stacey Says Burnett Swayed Votes
...special sections. 'Survivor's' Stacey Says Burnett Swayed Votes. ... ..
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|63903|1|,00.html, score=78, date indexed=December 17, 2005, 2:32 pm

Probable Voters: How Polls Are Made, Swayed (washingtonpost.com)
...Probable Voters: How Polls Are Made, Swayed. Results Depend on How ... ..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57455-2004Oct23.html, score=74, date indexed=January 30, 2006, 4:56 pm

Prosecution has swayed some senators on witness question - January 15, 1999
...No decision yet on Clinton as witness. • Prosecution has swayed some ... Prosecution has swayed some senators on witness question. January 15, ... ..
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/01/15/impeachment.reax/index.html, score=72, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 7:20 pm

CNN.com - Footballer 'swayed by bin Laden' - May. 22, 2003
...Footballer 'swayed by bin Laden'. Suspect Trabelsi played soccer for ... ..
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/05/22/belgium.terror/index.html, score=68, date indexed=December 20, 2005, 7:28 pm

PLANET SMASHERS LYRICS - Swayed
...And stop pushinh around I won't be swayed I won't be swayed. Gifts are ... I won't be swayed. I won't be swayed I'm not gonna cave in no,. I won' ... ..
http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/planetsmashers/swayed.html, score=60, date indexed=November 13, 2005, 11:55 pm

Faith Swayed Dean's Decision On Gay Unions
...... Swayed Dean's Decision On Gay Unions ( BP) -- Democratic presidential ... ..
http://www.mcjonline.com/news/04a/20040109a.shtml, score=58, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 3:35 pm

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