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Webster 1913 Edition

Induce

In-duce′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Induced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inducing
.]
[L.
inducere
,
inductum
; pref.
in-
in +
ducere
to lead. See
Duke
, and cf.
Induct
.]
1.
To lead in; to introduce.
[Obs.]
The poet may be seen
inducing
his personages in the first Iliad.
Pope.
2.
To draw on; to overspread.
[A Latinism]
Cowper.
3.
To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence.
Shak.
He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be
induced
, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted.
Paley.
Let not the covetous desire of growing rich
induce
you to ruin your reputation.
Dryden.
Sour things
induces
a contraction in the nerves.
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.
Syn. – To move; instigate; urge; impel; incite; press; influence; actuate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Induce

INDU'CE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. induco; in and duco, to lead.]
1.
To lead, as by persuasion or argument; to prevail on; to incite; to influence by motives. The emperor could not be induced to take part in the contest.
2.
To produce by influence.
As this belief is absolutely necessary for all mankind, the evidence for inducing it must be of that nature as to accommodate itself to all species of men.
3.
To produce; to bring on; to cause; as a fever induced by extreme fatigue. The revolution in France has induced a change of opinions and of property.
4.
To introduce; to bring into view.
The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad.
5.
To offer by way of induction or inference. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

induce

induce

English

Verb

induce ‎(third-person singular simple present induces, present participle inducing, simple past and past participle induced)

  1. (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
      The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
  2. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
    His meditation induced a compromise.   Opium induces sleep.‎
  3. (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
  4. (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon.

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Italian

Verb

induce

  1. Third-person singular indicative present of indurre

Latin

Verb

indūce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of indūcō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin indūcere, present active infinitive of indūcō, with senses based off French induire.

Verb

a induce ‎(third-person singular present induce, past participle indus) 3rd conj.

  1. to induce, incite, cause or push to do something

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Spanish

Verb

induce

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of inducir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of inducir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of inducir.

Etymology

From Middle English enducen, a borrowing from Latin indūcere, present active infinitive of indūcō ‎(“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō ‎(“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈd(j)uːs/
  • Rhymes: -uːs

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