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Definitions

Verb

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

Adjective

1. 1
   Caused by the action of the person which it affects. not-comparable

   "His indigestion was self-induced. If he didn't eat so much it wouldn't hurt."

Adjective

1. 1
   brought about by yourself wordnet
2. 2
   produced by electrical self-induction wordnet

Example

More examples

"His indigestion was self-induced. If he didn't eat so much it wouldn't hurt."

Etymology

From self- + induced.

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