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Induce
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- 1 To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon. transitive
"The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house."
- 2 reason or establish by induction wordnet
- 3 To cause, bring about, lead to. transitive
"His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep."
- 4 cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner wordnet
- 5 To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman). transitive
"By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream."
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- 6 cause to arise wordnet
- 7 To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
"The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines."
- 8 cause to occur rapidly wordnet
- 9 To infer by induction. transitive
- 10 produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes wordnet
- 11 To lead in, bring in, introduce. obsolete, transitive
- 12 To draw on, place upon. obsolete, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.
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