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induce

[ in-doos, -dyoos ]

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.

    Synonyms: spur, urge, incite, prompt, actuate

    Antonyms: dissuade

  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.
  6. Biochemistry. to stimulate the synthesis of (a protein, especially an enzyme) by increasing gene transcription.


induce

/ ɪnˈdjuːs /

verb

  1. often foll by an infinitive to persuade or use influence on
  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


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Derived Forms

  • inˈducible, adjective
  • inˈducer, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·duc·i·ble adjective
  • non·in·duc·i·ble adjective
  • pre·in·duce verb (used with object) preinduced preinducing
  • re·in·duce verb (used with object) reinduced reinducing
  • un·in·duc·i·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of induce1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Latin indūcere “to lead or bring in, introduce,” equivalent to in- in- 2 + dūcere “to lead”; adduce, deduce, reduce

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Word History and Origins

Origin of induce1

C14: from Latin indūcere to lead in, from dūcere to lead

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Example Sentences

Experiments that attempt to induce acclimatization by exposing people to cold repeatedly have produced mixed and mostly negative results.

After struggling to get into game shape through early January, he was one of six players in the league’s coronavirus protocols during the Wizards’ two-week, virus-induced pause.

Bitcoin has skyrocketed almost 800% from a low in March 2020, when financial markets plunged amid concerns about a global pandemic-induced recession.

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If only Bezos had tried to induce yawns as an employer, too.

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If only Bezos had tried to induce yawns not just as an inventor but also as an employer.

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My doctor put me on oral contraceptives to induce a period, figuring it would help build bone.

When he says something, nod; this nodding will induce him to agree with you.

The question is how to prevent the latter and induce the former.

The higher levels of carbon dioxide will induce something of a feeding frenzy for plants, at least for a while.

The next day, the enforcer made the girl “to ingest pills designed to induce spontaneous abortion.”

This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.

But this time, with all his cunning and perspiration, he could not induce another throb in the tired engines.

Teachers often complain that they can never induce some of their pupils to ask questions on their tasks.

The Americans will endeavour by all imaginable means to induce us to help them against Spain.

Aristide prayed that some Thaïs might come along, cast her spell upon him, and induce him to wink.

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