Vogue (?), n. [F. vogue a rowing, vogue, fashion, It. voga, fr. vogare to row, to sail; probably fr. OHG. wagn to move, akin to E. way. Cf. Way.]
1.
The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue.
One vogue, one vein,
One air of thoughts usurps my brain.
Herbert.
Whatsoever its vogue may be, I still flatter myself that the parents of the growing generation will be satisfied with what to be taught to their children in Westminster, in Eton, or in Winchester.
Burke.
Use may revive the obsoletest words,
And banish those that now are most in vogue.
Roscommon.
2.
Influence; power; sway.
[Obs.]
Strype.
© Webster 1913.