induce
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English enducen, borrowed 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. Doublet of endue.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈduːs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdjuːs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːs
VerbEdit
induce (third-person singular simple present induces, present participle inducing, simple past and past participle induced)
- (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:
- The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain 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.
- (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
- His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy.
- (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
- (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
- (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
- (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
SynonymsEdit
- (lead by persuasion or influence): entice, inveigle, put someone up to something
- (to cause): bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke
AntonymsEdit
- (logic): deduce
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to cause; persuade; force
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to cause, bring about, lead to
(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state)
ReferencesEdit
- induce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- “induce”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
VerbEdit
induce
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
indūce
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin indūcere, present active infinitive of indūcō, with senses based off French induire.
VerbEdit
a induce (third-person singular present induce, past participle indus) 3rd conj.
- to induce, incite, cause or push to do something
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of induce (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
| infinitive | a induce | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | inducând | ||||||
| past participle | indus | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | induc | induci | induce | inducem | induceți | induc | |
| imperfect | induceam | induceai | inducea | induceam | induceați | induceau | |
| simple perfect | indusei | induseși | induse | induserăm | induserăți | induseră | |
| pluperfect | indusesem | induseseși | indusese | induseserăm | induseserăți | induseseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să induc | să induci | să inducă | să inducem | să induceți | să inducă | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | indu | induceți | |||||
| negative | nu induce | nu induceți | |||||
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VerbEdit
induce
- inflection of inducir: