induce
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Verb (5)induces, induced, inducing
- cause to arise“induce a crisis”Synonyms: bring onMore general generate, bring forth
- 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”Synonyms: stimulatecausehavegetmakeMore general act, moveMore specific make, keep, change, begin, compel, lead, fire, let, persuade, take out +20 more
- cause to occur rapidly“the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions”Synonyms: stimulaterushhastenMore general effect, effectuate
- reason or establish by inductionMore general reason, reason out
- produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processesSynonyms: inductMore general produce, bring about
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. inducere, inductum; pref. in- in + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Induct.
1. To lead in; to introduce. obsolete
The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad.— Alexander Pope
2. To draw on; to overspread. A Latinism William Cowper
3. To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence. William Shakespeare
He is not obliged by your offer to do it,... though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted.— Paley, William
Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation.— John Dryden
4. 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.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
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.
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..
Synonyms: To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, GCIDE editors