Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract RelationsSection VIII. Causation
4. Indirect Power
175. Influence.
FOOTING; purchase (support) [See Support]; play, leverage, vantage ground, advantage.
TOWER OF STRENGTH, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices; patron (auxiliary) [See Auxiliary].
PERVADE, run through; spread like wildfire, be rife &c. adj.; rage, gain head.
DOMINATE, subject, predominate; outweigh, overweigh; override, overbear; have -, get -, gain- -the upper hand, -full play; prevail.
BE RECOGNIZED, be listened to; make one’s voice heard, gain a hearing; play a -part, – leading part- in; lead, control, rule, manage, master, get the mastery of, get control of, make one’s influence felt; take the lead, pull the strings; wind round one’s finger; turn -, throw one’s weight into- the scale; set the fashion, lead the dance.