INDUCE
\ɪndjˈuːs], \ɪndjˈuːs], \ɪ_n_d_j_ˈuː_s]\
Definitions of INDUCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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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"
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cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
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produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To draw on; to overspread.
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To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
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To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
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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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To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; - the opposite of deduce.
By Oddity Software
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To draw on; to overspread.
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To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
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To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
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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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To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; - the opposite of deduce.
By Noah Webster.
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To lead on; to influence; prevail upon; bring on; effect; cause; produce by magnetic or electric action.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To prevail on: to cause: (physics) to cause, as an electric state, by mere proximity of surfaces.
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INDUCER.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald