influence
verb
to affect the way that someone thinks or behaves, or to affect the way that something happens
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To have an effect on someone's emotions or attitudes
lead to
to make someone think something
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to have a strong effect
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to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not like someone or something
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a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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