To act upon; Influence; change; enlarge or abridge. This word is ofteu used in the sense of acting injuriously upon per-sons and things. Ryan v. Carter, 93 U. S. 84, 23 L. Ed. 807; Tyler v. wells, 2 Mo. App. 538; Holland v. Dickerson, 41 Iowa, 373; United States v. ortega, 11 wheat. 467, 6 L. Ed. 521
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
