Induce
[ɪn'djuːs] or [ɪn'dus]
Definition
(verb.) reason or establish by induction.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) cause to arise; 'induce a crisis'.
(verb.) cause to occur rapidly; 'the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions'.
(verb.) produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes.
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Definition
(v. t.) To lead in; to introduce.
(v. t.) To draw on; to overspread.
(v. t.) To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
(v. t.) To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Influence, impel, move, prompt, actuate, instigate, persuade, urge, incite, spur, act upon, set on, weigh with, prevail on, prevail upon.[2]. Cause, produce, effect, bring on.
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Definition
v.t. to prevail on: to cause or produce in any way: (obs.) to place upon: (physics) to cause as an electric state by mere proximity of surfaces.—ns. Induce′ment that which induces or causes: incentive motive: (law) a statement of facts introducing other important facts; Induc′er.—adj. Indū′cible.—Induced current (elect.) a current set in action by the influence of the surrounding magnetic field or by the variation of an adjacent current.
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Examples
- But nothing will induce me to quarrel with any one to-night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It would seem that the manuscript is here imperfect, for we do not find the reasons which finally induce the curtal Friar to amend the King's cheer. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Since the supply is small, induce to begin this study youths of about eig hteen years of age who are already acquainted with the sciences required in a general education. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was acutely conscious that this was an enterprise too great for any one man, and he used his utmos t endeavors to induce James I to become the patron of the plan. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Naturally, Mr. Hall’s first thought on his return to Chicago was to induce Mr. Duncan to build a larger model, capable of greater speed and greater output. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His sensitiveness to approbation, his hope of winning favor by an agreeable act, are made use of to induce action in another direction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She found it difficult to induce Martha to speak of any of her personal interests; but at last she touched the right chord, in naming Mrs. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- People admired the machines as a curiosity, but none were induced to buy them or help him pecuniarily. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And had I had an idea of it, nothing should have induced me to accept the necklace. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The impulse under which I acted, the mood controlling me, were similar to the impulse and the mood which had induced me to visit the confessional. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am induced by what you said just now, said I, to hope that you have succeeded in your endeavour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- After he had worked for three years at Willington he was induced to take the position of brakesman of the engine at the West Moor Colliery at Killingworth. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then, what induced you to take charge of such a little doll as that? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My aunt conceived a great attachment for her, by which she was induced to give her an education superior to that which she had at first intended. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- There is that in woman's tenderness which induces her to believe too easily. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They lacked that broader faith and understanding which induces men simply to study the stars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He lay in that blessed calm which convalescence always induces, enjoying in secure tranquillity his liberty and re-union with her whom he adored. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After that point is reached the enemy often induces a change of orders not before contemplated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hence to develop and train mind is to provide an environment which induces such activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The back and forth motion of the iron plate induces current in the electromagnet _c_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Rotation of _W_ induces rotation of _w_, and a small force at _W_ is able to overcome a large force at _w_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There was a means, too, of rendering her delightful, by inducing her to take her guitar and sing and play. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now, Eustacia's dream had always been that, once married to Clym, she would have the power of inducing him to return to Paris. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We use the crab-apple for preserving even now, although man’s ingenuity has succeeded in inducing nature to give us many better tasting kinds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- My chance of ever holding up my head again among honest men depended on my chance of inducing her to make her disclosure complete. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- After all that he had come through, Maurice found no difficulty in inducing sleep to come to his pillow. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The efficiency of these magneto-electric machines was necessarily limited to the strength of the inducing field magnets, which, being permanent magnets, were a positive and fixed factor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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