adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of induce form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Brought about; caused to happen. in-compounds, not-comparable

   "a drug-induced coma"

Adjective

1. 1
   brought about or caused; not spontaneous wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

elicitediatrogenic

Antonyms

All antonyms

spontaneous

Example

More examples

"What can have induced him to behave so cruelly?"

Related phrases

UVB-induced apoptosisinduced abortioninduced comainduced currentinduced fissioninduced lactationinduced ovulationinduced voltageself-inducedsurgically induced childhoodtick-induced meat allergy

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