inflicter 
But ye(, will) fortitude rrsign'd, 
I'll thank 111' infln-ter "I (hi' blow. 
' fhititi'rh.u, The Resignation. 
infliction (in-llik'slmn*, . [= P.ia/ftotfonatSp. 
infliction = Pg. iufl'iiyiiii = It. injli:ione, < LL. 
injliftio(n-), < L. injlii/i-i'f, pp. iiulicliix, strike 
on or aguinst. inilict : si'e inflict,"] 1. The act 
of inflicting <>r imposing: ;is. the infliction of 
punishment. 
.sin rnils certainly In death : death not only as to merit, 
but also as to actual infliction. South, Sermons. 
2. That which is inflicted; suffering or punish- 
ment imposed. 
(Jods, let me ask ye what I am, ye lay 
All your infliclioiu on me? hear me, hear me! 
Fletcher, Valentiuian, v. 2. 
(iod doth receive glory as well from his inflictiom and 
punishments as from his rewards. 
Abp. Sharp, Works, III. xii. 
inflictive (in-flik'tiv), a. [= F. inflictif= Sp. 
Pg. inflictieo ; as inflict + -ire.] Tending or 
able to inflict. 
Though liritain feels the blows around, 
Ev'n from the steel's inflictive sting 
New force she gains. 
Whitehead. Ude, For his Majesty's Birthday, June 4, 1779. 
inflorescence (in-flo-res'ens), N. [= F. inflores- 
cence = Pg. inflorescencia, < LL. infloreseen(t-)x, 
ppr. of infloreaccre, begin to blossom, < L. in, in, 
+ florescere, begin to blossom : see florescence. ] 
1. A beginning to blossom; a flowering; the 
unfolding of blossoms. 2. In bot., the arrange- 
Innnrescence. 
i. spike of Plantafo ; 3, simple umbel of Ascltpias ; 3, corymb of 
Pyrttt arbttt ifolia ; 4, raceme of Canvatlaria ntajalis; 5. spailix 
of Catta within the spalhe : 6, head of Cefhalantitus; 7, female 
catkin of Salix ; 8, anthoditmi of Solidafo; 9, compound umbel of 
Slum; 10, panicle of CatttopHyllntn; n, cyme of Cfrastiunt. 
ment of flowers on the axis and in relation to 
each other. This term, meaning literally time of flower- 
bearing, was tlrst proposed by Linneeus, and should be re- 
placed by the more correct term ant It o(oxi*,which is formed 
on the analogy of phyllotaxi*. Inflorescence is really the 
subject of ramification or branching, but is also interested 
in part in foliation and phyllotaxy. Notwithstanding the 
seemingly many diverse kinds of inflorescence, they are all 
reducible to two fundamental types, the definite or cymose 
ami the indefinite or butnjase. The figures alwve illustrate 
some of thu most important modifications of the two 
types. 
We may properly count those deviations of structure 
which constitute inftoreiwence. sis among the morphologi- 
cal dilferentiations produced by local innutrition. 
//. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., 240. 
Acropetal or centripetal inflorescence. See cenlrip- 
I'd Centrifugal, definite, or determinate inflo- 
rescence. see c-ntrifuml. -Conglobate, indefinite, 
etc., inflorescence. * the adjectives. Indetermi- 
nate inflorescence, sanu- as unli-finite inflorescence. 
inflow (in'ttd), . [< iiil + //owl, .] The net of 
flowing in or into ; that which flows in ; influx. 
The sole communication . . . with the arctic basin is a 
strait so shallow as only to pi-nutt an it\tLr of warm sur- 
face water. J. CrM, Climate and Time, p. 137. 
+ -e<fA] 
inflowed (in-flod'), . r< "i- 
That has flowed in. [Bare.] 
Either of these !|iiv<rri|>ti.ins>, if timely applied, will 
ot only resist the influx, but dry up tin- iiillotce't hu- 
Wisemm. rhlnirgii-al Treatise.'*, i. 3. 
not 
mour. 
:tt)S7 
infloweiing (in-flou'er-ing), H. [< in- 2 + flmn-r 
+ -i".'/ 1 .] in perfumery, the process of extract- 
ing the aroma olf flowers by absorbing the es- 
sential oils in an inodorous fatty body, without 
recourse to heat; enfleurage. 
Certain flowers, such as jasmine, tuberose, violet, cas- 
sia, either do not yield their attars by distillation at all, 
r do it so sparingly as not to admit of its collection for 
commercial purposes. ... In these cases the odours are 
secured by the processes of inflotrerimj (enfleurage), or by 
maceration Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 62. 
influence (in'ttp-ens), . [< ME. influence, < OF. 
influance, influence, F. influence = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
influenced = It. influenza, < ML. influentia, a 
flowing in, < L. influen(t-)a, flowing in: see *H- 
fluent.} If. A flowing in ; direct influx of en- 
ergy : followed by into. 
(iotl hath his influence into the very essence of all things. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity ,VTK 
Those various temperaments that have ingredlence and 
influence into him {man). 
Sir U. Hole, Orig. of Mankind, p. 158. 
2. In astral., the radiation of power from the 
stars in certain positions and collocations, af- 
fecting human actions and destinies; a sup- 
posed positive occult power exerted by the 
stars over human affairs. 
Influence [F.], a flowing in, and particularly an influent-?, 
or Influent course, of the planets : their vertue infused 
into, or their course working on, inferiour creatures. 
Cotyrace. 
The astrologers call the evill influtncet of the stairs, 
evil aspects. Bacon. Envy. 
He is my star ; in him all troth I find, 
All influence, all fate. 
J. Fletcher, Honest Man's Fortune. 
3. Outgoing energy or potency that produces 
effects (primarily internal), or affects, modifies, 
or sways by insensible or invisible means that 
to which it is directed or on which it operates: 
sometimes used for the effect produced : as, the 
influence of heat on vegetation ; the influence of 
climate on character; the influence of the moon 
on the tides; the influence of example on the 
young. 
Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. 
Hilton, P. L., ill. 118. 
It was not without the influence of a Divinity that his 
decessor Augustus, about the time of Christ's nativity, re- 
fused to be called Lord. 
Jtr. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5), I. 43. 
We do not yet know precisely how early the Bactrian 
kingdom extended to the Indus, but we feel Its influence 
on the coinage, on the sculpture, ami generally on the 
arts of India, from a very early date. 
J. Fergutson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 48. 
4. Capacity or power for producing effects by 
insensible or invisible means ; authority ; pow- 
er; ascendancy over others ; sway: as, a man 
of influence; a position of great influence. 
This town (Bayreut) is under the influence of the Maro- 
nites and Druses, as many other places arc under the Arabs. 
Pococlre, Description of the East, II. L 91. 
She was wise, shrewd, and loving, and she gradually 
controlled her little charge more and more by simple in- 
fluence. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. WU. 
5. In elect, and magnetism, game as induction, 6. 
When any magnetic body Is placed in a magnetic field, 
it becomes Itself a magnet. This Is a magnetisation by 
influence, or induced magnetisation. 
Atkinson, tr. of Mascart and Jonbert. I. 289. 
Physical Influence, in metaph. See phyncal influx, un- 
der influx. = 8yn. 4. Influence, Authority, Ascendancy, 
t-tc. See authority. 
influence (in'fl^-ens), r. t. ; pret. and pp. influ- 
enced, ppi. influencing. [= F. influcncer ; from 
the noun.] To exercise influence on ; modify, 
affect, or sway, especially by intangible or in- 
visible means; act on or affect by the trans- 
mission of some energy or potency: as, the 
sun influences the tides ; to influence a person 
by the hope of reward or the fear of punish- 
ment. 
These experiments succeed after the same manner in 
vacuo as in the open air, and therefore are not influenced 
by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere. AVtrfon. 
This standing revelation ... is sufficient to influence 
their faith and practice if they attend. Bp. Atterbury. 
Who will say that the esteem and fear of the world's 
judgment, and the expectation of worldly advantages, do 
not at present most powerfully influence the generality of 
men in their profession of Christianity? 
J. H. Xewman, Parochial Sermons, 1. ISO. 
The career of Charles the Great has influenced the his- 
tory of tile world ever since. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., i> VS. 
=Syn, To lead, induce, move, impel, actuate prevail 
upon. 
influence-machine (m'flij-eus-rna-shen'), n. 
In elect., a machine for producing charges of 
electricity by induction. See induction. 6, and 
<'/tftrit: 
influx 
influence! (in'fl<J-en-ser), . One who or that 
which influences, 
influencive (in-flij-eii'siv), a. [< influence + 
-i>'.] Tending to influence; influential. [Rare.] 
llow influrncive and Inevitable the sympathy ! 
It. Choate, Addresses, p. 168. 
influent (in'flij-ent), a. [< ME. influent, in- 
fluential, < OF. influent, F. influent = Sp. Pg. 
It. influente, influential, < L. influen(t-)s, flow- 
ing in, ppr. of influere, flow in, (in, in, +fluere, 
flow: see fluent.} 1. Flowing in. 
The chief intention, of chirurgery, as well a* medicine, 
is keeping a just (equilibrium between the influent, fluids 
and vascular solids. Arouthnol, Aliment*, v. : 
They . . . laid down the reported lake In IU supposed 
position, showing the Nile both influent and effluent. 
Sir S. W. Baket, Heart of Africa, p. ittt. 
2t. Exerting influence; influential. 
I find no office by name assigned unto Dr. Cox, who was 
virtually influent upon all, and most active. Fuller. 
And as It [hnmilityl Is healthful for their own minds, 
so it is more operative and influent upon others than any 
other vertue. W. Montague, Devoute Essays, II. ix. I !. 
influential (in-flij-eu'shal), a. [< influence (ML. 
infliienlia) + -al.~} Having or exerting power 
or influence; possessing or characterized by 
the possession of influence, or of power to in- 
fluence: as, influential friends. 
Thy influential vigour relnsplres 
This feeble flame. W. Thompmn, Sickness, 111. 
With a discontented people, the wrong-thinkers are 
certain to be most influential, and they may therefore 
come to have the making of our laws. 
ff. A. Ren., CXXXIX 514. 
influentially (in-flj}-en'shal-i), adv. In such a 
manner as to exercise influence ; so as to affect, 
sway, incline, or direct. 
Of those who are to act influentially on their fellows 
we should expect always something large and public in 
their way of life, something more or less urbane and com- 
prehensive In their sentiment for others. 
R. L. Stevenson, John Knox. 
influenza (in-flij-en'/.tt), n. [= F. influenza, < 
It. influenza, influenza, lit. influence: see in- 
fluence.'] 1. An epidemic catarrh of an ag- 
gravated kind, attended with serious febrile 
symptoms and rapid prostration, it attacks all 
ages and conditions of life, but is not frequently fatal 
except to the aged, or the very young, or to those suffer- 
ing from other diseases. So called because supposed to 
be due to some peculiar atmospheric influence. 
In all cases of influenza all depressing treatment should 
be avoided. Quain, Med. Diet. 
The year (18871 began with the influenza. Everybody 
had it. The offices of the various departments of the Civil 
Service were deserted because all the clerks had influen- 
za. Business of all kinds was stopped because merchants, 
clerks, bankers, and brokers all had influenza ; at Wool* 
wich fifty men of the Royal Artillery and Engineer* were 
taken Into hospital daily, with influeuia. The epidemic 
seems to have broken out suddenly, and suddenly to have 
departed. W. Besaiit, Fifty Years Ago, p. 19. 
2t. A prevailing influence ; an epidemic. 
The learned Mlchaells has taken notice of this fatal 
attachment, and speaks of It as a strange illusion ; he 
says that It is the reigning influenza, to which all are 
liable who make the Hebrew their principal study. 
./. Bryant, New System (1774), L 19V. 
influingt, . [< L. influere, flow in: see infln- 
ent.'] Influence. Danes. 
Canst thou restrain the pleasant influimj 
Of Pleiades (the Ushers of the Spring)? 
Sylvester, Job Triumphant, Iv. 451. 
influx (in'fluks), M. [= F. influx = Sp. influjo = 
Pg. iiifluxH = It. influsKO, < L. influtun, a flowing 
in, < influere, pp. iiiflujrus, flow in : see influent.] 
1. The act of flowing in ; an inflow: as, an in- 
flux of light. 
The influx of the knowledge of God, in relation to this 
everlasting life, is infinitely of moment. Sir 3f. Hule. 
It is man's power to combine and direct the spiritual 
elements of his being, his power to free the Intellect from 
prejudice and open it to the influx of Truth. 
Channinff, Perfect Life, p. 10. 
2. Infusion; intromission. 
Up to the present time philosophers have Inferred the 
existence of a spiritual injiux proceeding from the soul 
Into the body. 
Swedenbory, Christian Psychol. (tr. by Gorman), p. lui. 
3f. Influence; power. 
Your Lordship knows that there be divers Meridians 
and climes In the Heavens, whence Intux** of differing 
Qualities fall upon the Inhabitants of the Earth. 
lloirell. Letters, II. 60. 
4. A flowing or coining in; continuous intro- 
gression : as, a great influx of goods into a coun- 
try. 
The iutax of food into the Celtic region, however, was 
far from 'keeping pace with the influx of consumers. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xvil. 
Henry II. avoided either ruling or controlling England 
by foreign ministers, and did very little to encourage an 
initux of foreign ecclesiastics. 
SluUf, M.-dii-val and Modem Hist., p. UW. 
