Crossword clues for induce
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Induce \In*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Induced; p. pr. & vb. n. Inducing.] [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.]
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To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]
The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad.
--Pope. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism]
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To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence.
--Shak.He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted.
--Paley.Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation.
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To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by exposure to a allergen.
Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.
--Bacon. (Physics) To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.
(Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
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(Genetics, Biochemistry) To cause the expression of (a gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative control or by activating a positive control; to derepress; as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase in Eschericia coli..
Syn: To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to lead by persuasions or other influences," from Latin inducere "lead into, bring in, introduce, conduct, persuade," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). 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. Related: Induced; inducing.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
WordNet
v. cause to arise; "induce a crisis" [syn: bring on]
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: stimulate, cause, have, get, make]
cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: stimulate, rush, hasten]
reason or establish by induction
produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes [syn: induct]
Wikipedia
Induce may refer to:
- Inducement (disambiguation)
- Induction (disambiguation)
- Induce (musician), American musician
Usage examples of "induce".
Festina, Aarhus, and Nimbus were no more amusing than the Divians, because Festina wanted to be told how Nimbus had induced baby Starbiter to cry for help.
One circumstance which has induced me to speak to you is that on an occasion when I accompanied Madame Angelin to a house in the Rue de Miromesnil, I perceived you there with that girl, who had another child in her arms.
Thomas More Anglesey had then been induced, somehow, to marry the embarrassed Countess and raise the two boys.
Such are some of the reasons which induce doubt of the theory that all of the experiments of these vivisectors were conducted upon animals wholly insensible to painful impressions.
Fritsch and Hitzig and Ferrier had induced in animals, by the same method of experimentation.
The strict morality which so generally prevails where the Mussulmans have complete ascendency prevented the Sheik from entertaining any such sinful hopes as an European might have ventured to cherish under the like circumstances, and he saw no chance of gratifying his love except by inducing the girl to embrace his own creed.
No amount of persuasion or torture could induce any Ashanti to betray a chief.
I think simple induced ataraxia should be enough to keep you from trying to escape.
Thorington of Philadelphia has seen a paroxysm of epilepsy induced by the instillation of atropia in the eye of a child nearly cured of the malady.
The comparative contentment of the great Sheikh at this moment, her silence, and the sudden departure of Fakredeen, induced Baroni to believe that there was yet something on the cards, and, being of a sanguine disposition, he sincerely encouraged his master, who, however, did not appear to be very desponding.
In a much more concentrated form than,existed in a hive, it transformed the dazed young workers into a buzzing mob, held together by their chemically induced perception that other bees were trying to rob their honey stores.
The legend goes on to tell that in the course of the presentation of the gift, an incident occurred which induced Gentile Bellini to quit the Ottoman Court with all haste.
And it was resolved among the most considerable of the country gentlemen to make some earnest and well-combined effort, during the recess, to induce Lord George Bentinck to waive the unwillingness he had so often expressed of becoming their avowed and responsible leader.
With a promise of double payment, she induced Gines to stay aboard and lead them to Bilbao, and at first light next morning he and Haemur began the long and tedious process of picking their way among the great rocks and tiny islands strung out along the Galician coast like so many shards of broken crockery.
Not the kind of depression that comes from stress at work, and grief, and marital difficulties, but biochemically induced stress, which would make the world seem bleak even in the most normal of times.