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verb (used with object), -duced, -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.
EXPANDGenetics. to increase expression of (a gene) by inactivating a negative control system or activating a positive control system; derepress.
6.
COLLAPSEBiochemistry. to stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, especially an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Latin indūcere to lead or bring in, introduce, equivalent to in- in-2 + dūcere to lead; compare adduce, deduce, reduce
1325–75; Middle English < Latin indūcere to lead or bring in, introduce, equivalent to in- in-2 + dūcere to lead; compare 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), -duced, -duc·ing.
qua·si-in·duced, adjective
EXPANDre·in·duce, verb (used with object), -duced, -duc·ing.
un·in·duced, adjective
un·in·duc·i·ble, adjective
COLLAPSEAntonyms
1. dissuade.
1. dissuade.
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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
EXPANDsense first recorded 1777.
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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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