See Also: quaver 1, verb(dictionary)
influence 2, verb(dictionary)
quaver(2)(dictionary)
quaver(1)(dictionary)
quaver 2, noun(dictionary)
influence(1)(dictionary)
influence(2)(dictionary)
Influence(medicine)
INFLUENCE(law)
Significant influence(finance)

quaver(1) (iou) and influence 2, verb (oh)


quaver(1) (iou)



quaver noun. M16.
[from the verb.]
Music. A symbol for a note with the time value of half a crotchet or an eighth of a semibreve, having a solid head and a straight stem with a hook on the end; a note of this length. M16.
Music. A trill in singing or (rare) instrumental Music. E17.
A shake or tremble in the voice. M18.
A quivering or tremulous movement. M18.

influence 2, verb (oh)



2 W2S2 v [T]
to affect the way someone or something develops, behaves, thinks etc without directly forcing or ordering them
::Marx was strongly influenced by the historian Niebuhr.
influence a decision/outcome/choice etc
::Several factors are likely to influence this decision.
influence sb to do sth
::What influenced you to take up nursing?