influence
Abbr. infl.
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3. a. A determining factor believed by some to affect individual tendencies and characteristics understood to be caused by the positions of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth. b. Factors believed to be caused by the changing positions of the stars and planets in relation to those positions at the time of one's birth.
verb
influenced
under the influence
Intoxicated, especially with alcohol.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, influx, from Latin īnfluēns, īnfluent- present participle of īnfluere, to flow in : in-, in. See
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