induce
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verb (used with object), in·duced, in·duc·ing.
1.
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
2.
to bring about, produce, or cause: That medicine will induce sleep.
3.
Physics. to produce (an electric current) by induction.
4.
Logic. to assert or establish (a proposition about a class of phenomena) on the basis of observations on a number of particular facts.
5.
Genetics. to increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system; derepress.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Latin indūcere to lead or bring in, introduce, equivalent to in- in-2 + dūcere to lead; cf. adduce, deduce, reduce
1325–75; Middle English < Latin indūcere to lead or bring in, introduce, equivalent to in- in-2 + dūcere to lead; cf. adduce, deduce, reduce
Related forms
in·duc·i·ble, adjective
non·in·duced, adjective
non·in·duc·i·ble, adjective
pre·in·duce, verb (used with object), pre·in·duced, pre·in·duc·ing.
qua·si-in·duced, adjective
re·in·duce, verb (used with object), re·in·duced, re·in·duc·ing.
un·in·duced, adjective
un·in·duc·i·ble, adjective
Antonyms
1. dissuade.
1. dissuade.
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World English Dictionary
induce (ɪnˈdjuːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (
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| 2. | to cause or bring about |
| 3. | med to initiate or hasten (labour), as by administering a drug to stimulate uterine contractions |
| 4. | obsolete logic to assert or establish (a general proposition, hypothesis, etc) by induction |
| 5. | to produce (an electromotive force or electrical current) by induction |
| 6. | to transmit (magnetism) by induction |
| [C14: from Latin indūcere to lead in, from dūcere to lead] | |
| in'ducer | |
| —n | |
| in'ducible | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
induce
late 14c., "to lead by persuasions or other influences," from L. inducere "lead into, persuade," from in- "in" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). Meaning "to bring about," of concrete situations, etc., is from early 15c.; sense of "to infer by reasoning" is from 1560s. Electro-magnetic
sense first recorded 1777.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
induce in·duce (ĭn-d&oomacr;s', -dy&oomacr;s')
v. in·duced, in·duc·ing, in·duc·es
To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of something, such as labor.
To initiate or increase the production of an enzyme or other protein at the level of genetic transcription.
To produce an electric current or a magnetic charge by induction.
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Example sentences
Normally, surgeons have to cut open a patient to insert such a polymer, and shine light on it to induce it to harden.
As their model predicted, it tended to stay upright, and would steer into any falls that their grad students tried to induce.
While the government tried to induce these internal refugees to return to their homes, it took no action against them.
May be the scientists should induce a ego gene into the ants and do the experiment.
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