Definition for IN-FLU-EN'TIAL

IN-FLU-EN'TIAL, a.

Exerting influence or power by invisible operation, as physical causes on bodies, or as moral causes on the mind. It is particularly used to express the operation of moral causes. Milner. Influential characters, persons who possess the power of inclining or controlling the minds of others. Hamilton.

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