téigh i bhfeidhm ar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
- impress verb To have a strong, often admiring, effect on someone.
- influence noun The power to affect how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks.
- strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.
- sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
Senses
téigh i bhfeidhm ar is used for these senses in English:
- affect (transitive) To influence or alter.
- impress (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
- influence (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
- strike (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- strike (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- sway (transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
affect — full definition
- verb To influence or make a difference to something.
- verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.
impress — full definition
- verb To have a strong, often admiring, effect on someone.
- verb To fix an idea firmly in someone's mind; to emphasise something strongly.