Induce

  • 31induce someone to do something — to persuade someone to do something, especially something that you think is wrong or stupid I can t think what induced her to marry him. Nothing would induce me to go back …

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  • 32induce — transitive verb (induced; inducing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French inducer, from Latin inducere, from in + ducere to lead more at tow Date: 14th century 1. a. to move by persuasion or influence b. to call forth or bring about by… …

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  • 33induce — verb /ɪnˈdjuːs/ a) to lead by persuasion or influence; incite His meditation induced a compromise. b) to cause, bring about, lead to Opium induces sleep. Syn …

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  • 34induce — Synonyms and related words: actuate, admonish, affect, argue, arouse, bend, bias, bring, bring about, bring around, bring forth, bring on, bring out, bring to light, cajole, call forth, call out, call up, carry, cause, caution, charge, coax,… …

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  • 35indúce — vb., ind. prez. 1 sg. şi 3 pl. indúc; part. indús …

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  • 36induce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cause, bring about, incite; infer; urge, persuade, impel, influence; effect. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To prevail on] Syn. persuade, convince, coax; see influence , urge 2 . 2. [To cause] Syn. produce …

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  • 37INDUCE —    to REASON inferentially from the particular to the general …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 38induce — in·duce || ɪn duːs / dju v. cause, bring about, set in motion; influence, persuade, impel; infer, deduce, derive a general proposition from certain facts; produce by means of induction (Physics) …

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  • 39induce — [ɪn dju:s] verb 1》 succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something. 2》 bring about or give rise to.     ↘produce (an electric charge or current or a magnetic state) by induction. 3》 Medicine bring on (childbirth or abortion)… …

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  • 40induce — 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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