The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.]
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The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the
first Iliad. --Pope.
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2. To draw on; to overspread. [A Latinism] --Cowper.
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3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to
persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. --Shak.
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He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . .
though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon,
tempted. --Paley.
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Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce
you to ruin your reputation. --Dryden.
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4. To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by
fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by
exposure to a allergen.
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Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.
--Bacon.
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5. (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.
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6. (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all
the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
7. (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..
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Syn: To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press;
influence; actuate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Isolate \I"so*late\ ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]t or [imac]s"[-o]*l[=a]t;
277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated
([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating
([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare
to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and
cf. Insulate.]
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1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or
alone; to insulate; to separate from others; as, to
isolate an infected person from others; to isolate the
troublemakers in a classroom.
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Short isolated sentences were the mode in which
ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.
--Bp.
Warburton.
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2. (Elec.) To insulate. See Insulate.
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3. (Chem.) To separate (a substance) from all foreign
substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state; as,
to isolate the desired product from a reaction mixture.
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4. (Microbiol.) To obtain a culture of a microorganism in
pure form (from a complex mixture); as, to isolate
Eschericia coli from a patient's blood.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
bacteriophage \bacteriophage\ n. sing. & pl.
a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called
phage in laboratory jargon.
Note: Bacteriophages are of many varieties, generally
specific for one or a narrow range of bacterial
species, and almost every bacterium is susceptible to
at least one bacteriophage. They may have DNA or RNA as
their genetic component. Certain types of
bacteriophage, called
temperate bacteriophage, may infect but not kill their host
bacteria, residing in and replicating either as a plasmid
or integrated into the host genome. Under certain
conditions, a resident temperate phage may become induced
to multiply rapidly and vegetatively, killing and lysing
its host bacterium, and producing multiple progeny. The
lambda phage of Eschericia coli, much studied in
biochemical and genetic research, is of the temperate
type.
[PJC] bacteriophagic