Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion. synonym: persuade.
- transitive verb To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause.
- transitive verb To infer by inductive reasoning.
- transitive verb To produce (an electric current or a magnetic charge) by induction.
- transitive verb To produce (radioactivity, for example) artificially by bombardment of a substance with neutrons, gamma rays, and other particles.
- transitive verb Biochemistry To initiate or increase the production of (an enzyme or other protein) at the level of genetic transcription.
- transitive verb Genetics To cause an increase in the transcription of the RNA of (a gene).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lead in; bring in; introduce.
- To draw on; place upon.
- To lead by persuasion or influence; prevail upon; incite.
- To lead to; bring about by persuasion or influence; bring on or produce in any way; cause: as, his mediation induced a compromise; opium induces sleep.
- In physics, to cause or produce by proximity without contact or apparent transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body which is in an opposite electric or magnetic state.
- To infer by induction.
- Synonyms and Impel, Induce, etc. See
actuate , and list under incite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To lead in; to introduce.
- transitive verb A Latinism To draw on; to overspread.
- transitive verb To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence.
- transitive verb To bring on; to effect; to cause.
- transitive verb (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.
- transitive verb (Logic) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of
deduce . - transitive verb (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
lead by persuasion or influence;incite . - verb transitive To
cause ,bring about ,lead to. - verb physics To
cause orproduce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process ofinduction . - verb transitive, logic To
infer byinduction . - verb transitive, obsolete To lead in,
bring in ,introduce . - verb transitive, obsolete To
draw on , place upon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- verb reason or establish by induction
- verb cause to occur rapidly
- verb cause to arise
- verb cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Up until that point, however, all I have to go on is the little pieces our host and others have quoted, and what I can induce from the counter-arguments that have been presented.
Stoicism, Sophistry and Sodomy Hal Duncan 2009
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It would probably not be easy to again induce such decency in the populace – the devastatingly visible defeat in Vietnam was obviously a decisive factor, and we have no such luck with Iraq – but I do miss that aspect of those days.
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But does his name induce thirst for a vodka martini?
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He would fain induce me to believe I did not know my road.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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There are books whose very titles induce guilt, since they're still lingering forlornly in the pile beside my bed.
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Both terms induce an infinite reduction sequence, that is, an infinite chain of successive one-step reductions.
Combinatory Logic Bimbó, Katalin 2008
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People are able to take an ovum, fertilize -- not fertilize it, let me say, jolt it, that is to say induce it to start growing, fuse it they call it -- fuse it so that it starts growing into cells.
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One well-known quality of anti-depressants is their tendency to induce akathisia in a large number of patients, causing the kind of internal racing or restlessness that makes the meds impossible for some to take and, in some cases, can drive people to the edge of suicide.
Furious Seasons 2009
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Israel now needs its biggest friend in the world to "induce" it to take "yes" for an answer.
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Israel now needs its biggest friend in the world to "induce" it to take "yes" for an answer.
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